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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460440203321

Autore

Adams Geoffrey <1926-2012.>

Titolo

Political ecumenism [[electronic resource] ] : Catholics, Jews and Protestants in de Gaulle's Free France, 1940-1945 / / Geoffrey Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-86710-5

9786612867101

0-7735-7666-5

Descrizione fisica

xxiii, 395 p. : ill., ports

Collana

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion (Unnumbered) ; ; 46

Disciplina

944.081/6

Soggetti

Religion and politics - France - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

France Politics and government 1940-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Free French leadership : a politically ecumenical coalition --  The free French organization at the end of 1943 -- Introduction : the free French challenge : reuniting the two Frances -- 1905-1940 : a generation united in war, divided in peace -- Charles de Gaulle : devout Catholic, pragmatic Republican, political ecumenist -- The general's inner circle : Christian and republican -- Rene Cassin : Jewish champion of Gaullist legitimacy -- Maurice Schumann : the Catholic voice of La France Libre -- Ecumenical money-managers : Pierre Denis, Andre Diethelm, Andre Postel-Vinay, Maurice Couve de Murville, and Pierre Mendes France --

Jacques Soustelle : Huguenot rebel becomes gaullist propagandist -- Blum's disciples become de Gaulle's apostles -- Pierre Mendes France : a Jewish radical joins the battle -- Louis Closon, Jean Moulin, Georges Bidault : binding the resistance to de Gaulle -- Simone Weil : would-be martyr to the free French cause -- Andre Philip and the Christian left commit to free France -- De Gaulle's Protestant emissaries : Rene Massigli and Andre Philip -- Operation "torch" : Jews, Muslims and the limits of political ecumenism -- From mystique to politique : the emergence of a gaullist administration -- Legislating for La France : the



provisional consultative assemly -- Liberation : the triumph of political ecumenism -- Epilogue : political ecumensim, 1945-2005.