Christianity and national identity in twentieth-century Europe : conflict, community, and the social order / edited by John Carter Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, John Carter, Editor.

Contributor:

Wood, John Carter, editor.

Series:

Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz ; Supplement 111.

Veroffentlichungen des Instituts für Europaische Geschichte Mainz, ; Supplement 111

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Europe--Church history--20th century.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2016

Gottingen, [Germany] : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection explores how Christian individuals and institutions - whether Churches, church-related organisations, clergy, or lay thinkers - combined the topics of faith and national identity in twentieth-century Europe. "National identity" is understood in a broad sense that includes discourses of citizenship, narratives of cultural or linguistic belonging, or attributions of distinct, "national" characteristics. The collection addresses Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox perspectives, considers various geographical contexts, and takes into account processes of cross-national exchange and transfer. It shows how national and denominational identities were often mutually constitutive, at times leading to a strongly exclusionary stance against "other" national or religious groups. In different circumstances, religiously minded thinkers critiqued nationalism, emphasising the universalist strains of their faith, with varying degrees of success. Moreover, throughout the century, and especially since 1945, both church officials and lay Christians have had to come to terms with the relationship between their national and "European" identities and have sought to position themselves within the processes of Europeanisation. Various contexts for the negotiation of faith and nation are addressed: media debates, domestic and international political arenas, inner-denominational and ecumenical movements, church organisations, cosmopolitan intellectual networks and the ideas of individual thinkers.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; John Carter Wood: Preface; John Carter Wood: "Blessed is the nation"? Christianity and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Europe; Section I: Christianity, Conflict, and Community ; Jorge Luengo: Preaching in Catalan: Religion, Language, and Nationalism in Early Twentieth-Century Spain; John Wolffe: Forever England beneath the Cross of Sacrifice: Christianity and National Identity in British First World War Cemeteries; Gladys Ganiel: Secularisation, Ecumenism, and Identity on the Island of Ireland

Mihai-D. Grigore: "Orthodox Brothers": Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, National Identity, and Conflict between the Romanian and Russian Orthodox Churches in MoldaviaSection II : Religion, Nation, and the Social Order ; Matthew D. Hockenos: Pastor Martin Niemöller, German Protestantism, and German National Identity, 1933-1937; John Carter Wood: "The Rock of Human Sanity Stands in the Sea Where It Always Stood": Christian Intellectuals, British National Character, and the Experience of (Near) Defeat, 1937-1942

Gregor Feindt: "A Spirit that Revives"? Reshaping Catholic Poland in Late Socialism, 1977-1981Section III : Faith, Nation, and "Europe" ; Patrick Pasture: Between a Christian Fatherland and Euro-Christendom; Lazaros Miliopoulos: The Christian Churches between European and National Identities: Europeanisation via Constitutional Law?; Contributor Biographies

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 24, 2016).

ISBN:

9783666101496

3666101496

9783647101491

3647101494

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access