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Soldiers of God in a Secular World

Catholic Theology and Twentieth-Century French Politics

Sarah Shortall

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$49.95 • £43.95 • €45.95

ISBN 9780674980105

Publication Date: 11/23/2021

352 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

8 photos, 1 map

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Sarah Shortall is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame and coeditor of the essay collection Christianity and Human Rights Reconsidered.

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On the podcast New Books in Catholic Studies, listen to Sarah Shortall trace the origins and evolution of the nouvelle théologie that reimagined the Church’s relationship to public life, encouraged political activism, engaged with secular philosophy, and eventually inspired doctrinal changes during Vatican II

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Awards & Accolades

First Place, 2022 CMA Book Award for History, Catholic Media Association

2021 Giuseppe Alberigo Junior Scholar Award, European Academy of Religion

2020–2021 Laurence Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies, Department of French at New York University

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