French Catholicism : Church, State and Society in a Changing Era,9780312225599

French Catholicism : Church, State and Society in a Changing Era

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780312225599
ISBN10: 0312225598
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-09-01
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This book presents an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the role of the Catholic Church in France over more than fifty years of social, political, and theological change. The impact of the changes on the role of women and the family, attitudes to sexuality, the battle over education, the participation in politics by Catholics are examined against a backdrop of dramatic political changes and in their historical context. From the 1930s to the late 1990s, from the Third Republic to Vichy to Mitterand's government to Le Pen and the National Front, from Pope Pius XI to Pope John Paul II, Catholicism is examined in action.

Author Biography

Sandy Tippett-Spirtou is Lecturer in Civilization for the University of Caen, France, at the Centre Francophone d'Etudes Superieures (CFES) in Athens, Greece.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
ix
Glossary x
Acknowledgements xi
Figure 1 Structure of the Catholic Church
xiii
Introduction xiv
Church, Gender and Sexuality
1(48)
From Casti Connubii to Humanae Vitae
2(5)
Humanae Vitae (1968)
7(7)
The Pope's crusade against contraception
14(6)
The priesthood: celibacy
20(17)
Conclusion
37(12)
Education-the Battle for Socialization
49(39)
Education in the 1930s: Lois laiques
49(3)
Education under Vichy, de Gaulle (1940--60)
52(3)
Education under Mitterrand (1980 onwards)
55(4)
Secularization of society: the changes
59(7)
Changing role of Catholicism
66(8)
The church's response
74(5)
Conclusion
79(9)
The Church and Political Action
88(54)
From Rerum Novarum onwards
88(6)
The church as catalyst for change
94(10)
Intellectuals: Roots of Christian democratic doctrine
104(3)
Catholics in political life
107(3)
Mater et Magistra (Christianity and social progress)
110(1)
Christian-Marxist dialogue
111(2)
Counter-reform movements
113(6)
New teaching of Pope John Paul II
119(5)
Role of church
124(4)
Conclusion
128(14)
A Changing Role in a Changing World
142(38)
The demise in vocations
142(2)
The time of the worker-priests
144(6)
Vatican II authority and collegiality
150(5)
The church's authority: Episcopal synods post Vatican II
155(4)
Pope John Poul II and theories of individual responsibility
159(9)
Other forms of ministies
168(4)
Conclusion
172(8)
Conclusions: Whither the Catholic Church?
180(27)
Appendix 1 Miscellaneous Letters and Documents 207(5)
Bibliography 212(15)
Index 227

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