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Soldiers of God in a Secular World

Catholic Theology and Twentieth-Century French Politics

Sarah Shortall

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$51.00 • £44.95 • €46.95

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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