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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157819303321

Autore

Horn Gerd-Rainer

Titolo

The spirit of Vatican II : Western European progressive catholicism in the long sixties / / Gerd-Rainer Horn [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-176121-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

262.52

Soggetti

Church history

History

Europe Politics and government 1945-

Europe Church history 20th century

Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first detailed survey of the radical dynamic unleashed by the innovations of Vatican II. It highlights the intellectual and activist contribution by Catholic thinkers, priests, and laypersons in shaping the turbulent decade of the 'sixties' in Western Europe. The book focuses on five crucial contributions by Catholic activists and communities to the burgeoning atmosphere of those turbulent years and aims to highlight a moment in the recent history of European society when Catholic communities were acting as indispensable motor forces of radical political and societal change.