Catholic Modern Chappel James
Catholic Modern Chappel James In 1900 the Catholic Church stood staunchly against human rights, religious freedom, and the secular state. Yet by the 1960s, those positions were reversed. According to…
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Catholic Modern Chappel James
In 1900 the Catholic Church stood staunchly against human rights, religious freedom, and the secular state. Yet by the 1960s, those positions were reversed. According to the Catholic view, modern concepts like these, unleashed by the French Revolution, had been a disaster.
Why, and when, did the world's largest religious organization become modern?James Chappel finds an answer in the shattering experiences of the 1930s. How did this happen? Faced with the rise of Nazism and Communism, European Catholics scrambled to rethink their Church and their faith.
Simple opposition to modernity was no longer an option. The question was how to be modern. These were life and death questions, as Catholics struggled to keep Church doors open without compromising their core values.
Although many Catholics collaborated with fascism, a few collaborated with Communists in the Resistance.