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Political ecumenism : Catholics, Jews and Protestants in de Gaulle's Free France, 1940-1945 / Geoffrey Adams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Geoffrey, 1926-2012.
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 46.
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion (Unnumbered) ; 46
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and politics--France--History--20th century.
- Religion and politics.
- France--Politics and government--1940-1945.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 395 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Adams examines the contributions of such major Français libres as René Cassin, Pierre Mendès France, and Jacques Soustelle and explores de Gaulle's troubled relations with Churchill and Roosevelt. The opportunity for Gaullists to offer full membership to the fourth religious family, Algeria's Muslim majority, following the liberation of French North Africa is also considered. In an epilogue, Adams reflects on the impact of Free France's political ecumenism in the postwar era.
- Contents:
- Free French leadership : a politically ecumenical coalition
- The free French organization at the end of 1943
- Introduction : the free French challenge : reuniting the two Frances
- 1905-1940 : a generation united in war, divided in peace
- Charles de Gaulle : devout Catholic, pragmatic Republican, political ecumenist
- The general's inner circle : Christian and republican
- Rene Cassin : Jewish champion of Gaullist legitimacy
- Maurice Schumann : the Catholic voice of La France Libre
- Ecumenical money-managers : Pierre Denis, Andre Diethelm, Andre Postel-Vinay, Maurice Couve de Murville, and Pierre Mendes France
- Jacques Soustelle : Huguenot rebel becomes gaullist propagandist
- Blum's disciples become de Gaulle's apostles
- Pierre Mendes France : a Jewish radical joins the battle
- Louis Closon, Jean Moulin, Georges Bidault : binding the resistance to de Gaulle
- Simone Weil : would-be martyr to the free French cause
- Andre Philip and the Christian left commit to free France
- De Gaulle's Protestant emissaries : Rene Massigli and Andre Philip
- Operation "torch" : Jews, Muslims and the limits of political ecumenism
- From mystique to politique : the emergence of a gaullist administration
- Legislating for La France : the provisional consultative assemly
- Liberation : the triumph of political ecumenism
- Epilogue : political ecumensim, 1945-2005.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-86710-5
- 9786612867101
- 0-7735-7666-5
- OCLC:
- 923234942
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