The Catholic Church in the modern age

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  • Author: Madden, Thomas F.
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    In this course, Saint Louis University professor Thomas F. Madden focuses on a Church both adapting to a world in flux and striving to exert its influence and power. Throughout modernity, the Church responded to--and weathered--a host of major world events: the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, colonization of the New World, and of course the World Wars that in large part defined the twentieth century.

    Contents:
    • At the dawn of a new world
    • To the corners of the Earth: overseas missions
    • The Catholic Church in the Age of Absolutism
    • The Catholic Church and the Enlightenment
    • The French Revolution
    • Napoleon and the Church
    • The Challenge of Liberalism
    • Struggles with nationalism
    • Vatican I and the fall of Papal Rome
    • The Catholic Church in North America
    • Labor and war
    • In an age of dictators
    • Vatican II
    • Pope John Paul II and beyond.
    Subject(s): History
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD , [Prince Frederick, Md.] , Recorded Books , [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781456104702

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Abstract

In this course, Saint Louis University professor Thomas F. Madden focuses on a Church both adapting to a world in flux and striving to exert its influence and power. Throughout modernity, the Church responded to--and weathered--a host of major world events: the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, colonization of the New World, and of course the World Wars that in large part defined the twentieth century.

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History
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Prince Frederick, MD

[Prince Frederick, Md.]

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[Distributed by] OneClick Digital

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