Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The Catholic Church and the nation-state : comparative perspectives / Paul Christopher Manuel, Lawrence C. Reardon, Clyde Wilcox, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion and politics series (Georgetown University)Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 283 pages)Content type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9781435627376
  • 1435627377
  • 9781589017245
  • 1589017242
  • 1589011155
  • 9781589011151
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Catholic Church and the nation-state.DDC classification:
  • 261.7088/282 22
LOC classification:
  • BX1793 .C355 2006eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources:
Contents:
Vatican II and contemporary politics / Kenneth R. Himes -- The Vatican as a transnational actor / Lisa L. Ferrari -- The Latin European Church: "une messe est possible" / Paul Christopher Manuel and Margaret MacLeish Mott -- The American Church: of being Catholic and American / Ted G. Jelen -- The Chilean Church: declining hegemony? / William Lies and Mary Fran T. Malone -- The Polish Church: Catholic hierarchy and Polish politics / Timothy A. Byrnes -- The Catholic Church in Ireland and Northern Ireland: nationalism, identity, and opposition / William Crotty -- The East Timorese Church: from oppression to liberation / Alynna J. Lyon -- The Brazilian Church: reintegrating ontology and epistemology / Christine A. Kearney -- The Rwandan Church: the challenge of reconciliation / Elisée Rutagambwa -- The Angolan Church: the prophetic tradition, politics, and the state / Linda Heywood -- The Indian Church: Catholicism and Indian nationhood / Mathew N. Schmalz -- The Chinese Catholic Church: obstacles to reconciliation / Lawrence C. Reardon -- The Congolese Church: ecclesial community within the political community / Yvon C. Elenga.
Summary: Presenting case studies from sixteen countries on five continents, The Catholic Church and the Nation-State paints a rich portrait of a complex and paradoxical institution whose political role has varied historically and geographically. In this integrated and synthetic collection of essays, outstanding scholars from the United States and abroad examine religious, diplomatic, and political actionsùboth admirable and regrettableùthat shape our world. Kenneth R. Himes sets the context of the book by brilliantly describing the political influence of the church in the post-Vatican II era. There are.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)217190

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vatican II and contemporary politics / Kenneth R. Himes -- The Vatican as a transnational actor / Lisa L. Ferrari -- The Latin European Church: "une messe est possible" / Paul Christopher Manuel and Margaret MacLeish Mott -- The American Church: of being Catholic and American / Ted G. Jelen -- The Chilean Church: declining hegemony? / William Lies and Mary Fran T. Malone -- The Polish Church: Catholic hierarchy and Polish politics / Timothy A. Byrnes -- The Catholic Church in Ireland and Northern Ireland: nationalism, identity, and opposition / William Crotty -- The East Timorese Church: from oppression to liberation / Alynna J. Lyon -- The Brazilian Church: reintegrating ontology and epistemology / Christine A. Kearney -- The Rwandan Church: the challenge of reconciliation / Elisée Rutagambwa -- The Angolan Church: the prophetic tradition, politics, and the state / Linda Heywood -- The Indian Church: Catholicism and Indian nationhood / Mathew N. Schmalz -- The Chinese Catholic Church: obstacles to reconciliation / Lawrence C. Reardon -- The Congolese Church: ecclesial community within the political community / Yvon C. Elenga.

Print version record.

Presenting case studies from sixteen countries on five continents, The Catholic Church and the Nation-State paints a rich portrait of a complex and paradoxical institution whose political role has varied historically and geographically. In this integrated and synthetic collection of essays, outstanding scholars from the United States and abroad examine religious, diplomatic, and political actionsùboth admirable and regrettableùthat shape our world. Kenneth R. Himes sets the context of the book by brilliantly describing the political influence of the church in the post-Vatican II era. There are.

English.