The Catholic Church in World Politics

Hanson, Eric O.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0691077290 ISBN 13: 9780691077291

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1987

Examines the place of the Roman Catholic Church in contemporary international politics, discussing how Pope John Paul II and national Catholic hierarchies have made the Church a highly visible element in modern politics

Recensione:

"[The book's] great merit is that it informs a Catholic public, and any others interested in the role of the Catholic Church in modern society, of much they may not have taken note of. There are excellent sections on the Lefebvre movement, on Opus Dei, on liberation theology, on the vicissitudes in recent years of the Society of Jesus, on the Vatican's policy toward Eastern Europe. . . .It is the best study of its kind that has so far appeared."--J. M. Cameron, New York Review of Books

"[Hanson's] is a well-written, lively narrative which puts together a staggering mass of recent research on Catholicism as an international system of action, political influence, and belief. . . . Buy it! You will learn more about Catholicism and world politics from it than from any other competing source."--John A. Coleman, Commonweal

"[A]n important, eminently readable book. [Hanson] has contributed substantially to the critically significant study of religion and politics in general and of Roman Catholicism and its diverse relationships to national governments in particular."--George E. Saint-Laurent, Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Product Description:

Book by Hanson Eric O