The Global Pontificate of Pius XII : War and Genocide, Reconstruction and Change, 1939-1958 / edited by Simon Unger-Alvi and Nina Valbousquet.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Unger, Simon, 1989- editor.

Valbousquet, Nina, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958--Congresses.

Pius.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, [2024]

Summary:

"In 2020, the Vatican opened its archives for the pontificate of Pius XII (1939-1958), the pope that led the Catholic Church during WWII, the Holocaust, and the beginning of the Cold War. The Global Pontificate of Pius XIIbrings together historians who were among the first to consult the previously unseen Vatican materials. These long-awaited records allow for an expansion of the current historiography beyond the pope's biography. Methodologically, the volume works to transcend the rigidity of religious history and engage with new approaches in global, transnational, and postcolonial history to re-introduce questions surrounding religion into modern post-war historiography"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Introduction

Part I The Pope, the Archives

Chapter 1. Writing and Rewriting History: The Opening of the Vatican Archives for Pius XII’s Pontificate

Chapter 2 Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli Becomes Pius XII

Chapter 3 The Saints of the Pope

Part II Peace, War, and Genocide

Chapter 8. The Pontifical Commission for Assistance in Italy: From Wartime Rome to Post-WII Italy

Chapter 9 Pius XII and Christian Democracy

Chapter 10 The Condemnation of Worker-Priests and the Nuncio in Paris (1944–53)

Chapter 11 Challenges and Dilemmas of the Papal Diplomacy in front of the Bolshevization of Czechoslovakia (1945–50)

Chapter 12 Watching the Iron Curtain’s Descent

Part IV A Global Church in the Postwar Era

Chapter 13. The Holy See and the New World: Asia-Pacific (1945–53)

Chapter 14 Archives in War

Chapter 15 Pius XII, the Salazar Regime, and the Colonial Question

Chapter 16 Africanization and Centralization

Conclusion Documents for a Revised History

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781805396093

1805396099

9781805396109

1805396102

OCLC:

1453470540