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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Almost Catholic Almost Catholic Jon M. Sweeney Jon Sweeney, a self-described "evolved Protestant" and noted religious writer, has long been fascinated by the Catholic Church. However, it wasn't until he was a young missionary in the Philippines t… OL12254751W
Culture Wars Culture Wars Christopher Clark,Wolfram Kaiser Across nineteenth-century Europe, the emergence of constitutional and democratic nation-states was accompanied by intense conflict between Catholics and anticlerical forces. At its peak, this conflic… OL15190472W
Psychology and Catholicism Psychology and Catholicism Robert Kugelmann "In this historical study of psychology and Catholicism, Kugelmann aims to provide clarity in an area filled with emotion and opinion. From the beginnings of modern psychology to the mid 1960s, this … OL15901804W
The trial of Pope Benedict The trial of Pope Benedict Daniel Gawthrop On February 28, 2013, Benedict XVI became the first pope in nearly six hundred years to resign. In doing so, Joseph Ratzinger, the man who became Benedict, also relinquished a controversial religious… OL17892616W
Newsletters from the Caroline Court, 1621-1638 Newsletters from the Caroline Court, 1621-1638 Michael C. Questier "The newsletters published in this volume were written by Catholics who had access to the Court of Charles I and Henrietta Maria during the 1630s. The letters' principal concern was the factional str… OL18419590W
Modern Inquisitions Modern Inquisitions Irene Silverblatt Trying to understand how "civilized" people could embrace fascism, Hannah Arendt searched for a precedent in modern Western history. She found it in nineteenth-century colonialism, with its mix of bu… OL2529938W
Contesting Sacrifice Contesting Sacrifice Ivan Strenski "Contesting Sacrifice traces the politics and theology of sacrifice in France. Ivan Strenski contends that debates over sacrifice among Catholics, Protestants, and Free Thinkers were pivotal to some … OL3350465W
Claiming the Virgin Claiming the Virgin Robin Nagle "Compact anthropological case study of liberation theology in a shantytown parish of Recife under a conservative bishop. Uses 1991 dispute over the feast of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception to… OL3351969W
The Roman Catholic Church The Roman Catholic Church John L. McKenzie This volume is part of the "History of Religion" series and is not primarily a historical work but an authoritative account of the Roman Catholic Church as it existed in the late 1960s by John L. McK… OL4874247W
Church, Religion And Society In Early Modern Spain Church, Religion And Society In Early Modern Spain Helen Rawlings "In this new study, Rawlings evaluates modern approaches to the history of the early modern Spanish Church and examines the results of new research carried out in the field. As well as challenging so… OL8223832W
The Genius of John Paul II The Genius of John Paul II Richard A. Spinello In this exciting new book, renowned ethicist Richard Spinello offers the first comprehensive presentation of the late John Paul II's great moral vision. Here admirers may read and understand the esse… OL85970W
Acts of Faith Acts of Faith James T. Moore "Acts of Faith presents the Catholic Church's actions, social stances, and positions on current events. Orphanages, schools, and liturgical practices fill the pages, along with the events of the larg… OL8960192W
Bishop von Galen Bishop von Galen Beth A. Griech-Polelle "Clemens August Graf von Galen, Bishop of Munster from 1933 until his death in 1946, is renowned for his opposition to Nazism, most notably for his public preaching in 1941 against Hitler's euthanasi… OL9381229W