Left Catholicism, 1943–1955: Catholics and Society in Western Europe at the Point of Liberation

by Gerd-Rainer Horn (Editor), Emmanuel Gerard (Editor)

This volume constitutes the first attempt to analyse the phenomenon of Western European Left Catholicism from a comparative and transnational perspective. Decisively shaped by the turbulent atmosphere of war, occupation and resistance, the years 1943-1955 gave rise to a most unusual flowering of progressive initiatives in Catholic politics, theology and apostolic missions. Though suffering severe setbacks in the deep freeze of Cold War politics, mid-century Western European Left Catholicism was not without influence in the subsequent emergence of Latin American Liberation Theology and the deliberations of Vatican II.

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001