Catholic and French Forever - Religious and National Identity in Modern France

About the author

Joseph F. Byrnes is Professor of Modern European History at Oklahoma State University. He is the author of The Virgin of Chartres: An Intellectual and Psychological History of the Work of Henry Adams (1981) and The Psychology of Religion (1984), and he is a co-author of The Religious World: Communities of Faith (1993).

Summary

In Catholic and French Forever Joseph Byrnes recounts the fights and reconciliations between French citizens who found Catholicism integral to their traditional French identity and those who found the continued presence of Catholicism an obstacle to both happiness and progress.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph F. (Professor of Modern European History Byrnes, Byrnes Joseph F.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2012
• EAN: 9780271058634
• ISBN: 978-0-271-05863-4
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, France, European History, HISTORY / Europe / France, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church