Catholic Intellectuals and the Challenge of Democracy /

Corrin, Jay P. 1943-

Catholic Intellectuals and the Challenge of Democracy / Jay P. Corrin. - Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, c2002. - x, 571 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 523-541) and index.

European Catholics confront revolution -- The development of Catholic social action in nineteenth-century England -- Leo XIII and the principles of rerum novarum -- The appearance of the "chesterbelloc" -- Against the Servile State -- Distributism and British politics -- The new distributists -- The appeal of fascism -- Early Catholic critics of fascism -- Social Catholicism and the career of H.A. Reinhold -- American Catholics move to the right -- The religious crusade in Spain -- Against the tide : the Catholic critics of Franco -- Completing the circle.

0268022712 (cloth : alk. paper)


Christianity and politics--Catholic Church--History--19th century.
Democracy--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History--19th century.
Christianity and politics--Catholic Church--History--20th century.
Democracy--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History--20th century.

261.708822 / COR