Catholics and Communists in Twentieth-Century Italy - Between Conflict and Dialogue

Zusammenfassung Catholics and Communists in Twentieth-Century Italy explores the critical moments in the relationship between the Catholic world and the Italian left, providing unmatched insight into one of the most significant dynamics in political and religious history in Italy in the last hundred years. The book covers the Catholic Communist movement in Rome (1937-45), the experience of the Resistenza, the governmental collaboration between the Catholic Party (DC) and the Italian Communist Party (PCI) until 1947, and the dialogue between some of the key figures in both spheres in the tensest years of the Cold War. Daniela Saresella even goes on to consider the legacy that these interactions have left in Italy in the 21st century. This pioneering study is the first on the subject in the English language and is of vital significance to historians of modern Italy and the Church alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Christianity and Socialism in Italy: The First Period2. Catholic Anti-Fascists and their Relationship to the Left-Wing World3. From Catholic Communists to the New Openness to Centre-Left Governments 4. Changing Times5. The Long Seventies6. The Political System Heads towards Crisis7. On the End of the First and Second MillenniumConclusionBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Daniela Saresella
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.2021
• EAN: 9781350245051
• ISBN: 978-1-350-24505-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, RELIGION / History, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Italy, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Religion, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism