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Church and Revolution

Catholics in the Struggle for Democracy and Social Justice

Author Thomas Bokenkotter
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On sale Aug 17, 1998 | 596 Pages | 9780385487542
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In this fascinating overview of the Church's involvement and response to political revolution, Bokenkotter, author of A Concise History of the Catholic Church, traces the development of social justice in the Church through portraits of 15 revolutionaries of the past 200 years. Each figure profiled was key not only to the revolution itself, but also to shaping or influencing the Church's response to it.

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Introduction • I. The French Revolution • II. Three Who Failed: Lamennais, Lacordaire, and Montalembert, Pioneers of Liberal Catholicism • III. Daniel O’Connell (1775—1847): Liberal Catholic Leader of a Bloodless Revolution • IV. Frederick Ozanam (1813—1853): A “Yes” to the Revolution • V. Karl Marx’s Call for a Workers’ Revolution • VI. A Bishop Who Heard What Marx Was Saying: Henry Edward Manning • VII. Albert de Mun (1841—1914): Knight of the Syllabus, from Royalist to Reformer • VIII. Monsignor Benigni’s Counterrevolution • IX. Don Sturzo vs. Mussolini’s Revolution • X. Two Catholic Revolutionaries: Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera • XI. Maritain and Mounier I • XII. The Personalist Revolution: Maritain and Mounier II • XIII. Dorothy Day (1897—1980): The Personalist Revolution, American Style • XIV. Konrad Adenauer (1876—1967): The Resurrection of Germany • XV. Oscar Romero and Revolution in El Salvador • XVI. Lech Walesa’s Revolution • Index
THOMAS BOKENKOTTER, the author of the bestselling Church and Revolution, teaches at Xavier University. He is also the pastor of Assumption Church and is active in the social ministry, running a soup kitchen that he founded twenty years ago and a transitional living facility for homeless women and children. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. View titles by Thomas Bokenkotter

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In this fascinating overview of the Church's involvement and response to political revolution, Bokenkotter, author of A Concise History of the Catholic Church, traces the development of social justice in the Church through portraits of 15 revolutionaries of the past 200 years. Each figure profiled was key not only to the revolution itself, but also to shaping or influencing the Church's response to it.

Table of Contents
Introduction • I. The French Revolution • II. Three Who Failed: Lamennais, Lacordaire, and Montalembert, Pioneers of Liberal Catholicism • III. Daniel O’Connell (1775—1847): Liberal Catholic Leader of a Bloodless Revolution • IV. Frederick Ozanam (1813—1853): A “Yes” to the Revolution • V. Karl Marx’s Call for a Workers’ Revolution • VI. A Bishop Who Heard What Marx Was Saying: Henry Edward Manning • VII. Albert de Mun (1841—1914): Knight of the Syllabus, from Royalist to Reformer • VIII. Monsignor Benigni’s Counterrevolution • IX. Don Sturzo vs. Mussolini’s Revolution • X. Two Catholic Revolutionaries: Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera • XI. Maritain and Mounier I • XII. The Personalist Revolution: Maritain and Mounier II • XIII. Dorothy Day (1897—1980): The Personalist Revolution, American Style • XIV. Konrad Adenauer (1876—1967): The Resurrection of Germany • XV. Oscar Romero and Revolution in El Salvador • XVI. Lech Walesa’s Revolution • Index

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THOMAS BOKENKOTTER, the author of the bestselling Church and Revolution, teaches at Xavier University. He is also the pastor of Assumption Church and is active in the social ministry, running a soup kitchen that he founded twenty years ago and a transitional living facility for homeless women and children. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. View titles by Thomas Bokenkotter

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