Catholic Intellectuals and the Challenge of

Tracing the development of progressive Catholic approaches to political and economic modernization, Catholic Intellectuals and the Challenge of Democracy disputes standard interpretations of the Catholic response to democracy and modernity in the English-speaking world -- particularly the conventional view that the Church was the servant of right-wing reactionaries and authoritarian, patriarchal structures.

Starting with the writings of Bishop Wilhelm von Ketteler of Germany, the Frenchman Frederic Ozanam, and England's Cardinal Henry Edward Manning, whose pioneering work laid the foundation of the Catholic "third way, " Corrin reveals a long tradition within Roman Catholicism that championed social activism. These visionary writers were the forerunners of Pope John XXIII's aggiornamento, a call for Catholics to broaden their historical perspectives and move beyond a static theology fixed to the past.

By examining this often overlooked tradition, Corrin attempts to confront the perception that Catholicism in the modern age has invariably been an institution

Jay P. Corrin is chairman and professor of the Division of Social Science in the College of General Studies at Boston University. He is the author of numerous articles and books

Acknowledgments

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Introduction

1

(8)

European Catholics Confront Revolution

9

(32)

The Development of Catholic Social Action in Nineteenth-Century England

41

(18)

Leo XIII and the Principles of Rerum Novarum

59

(23)

The Appearance of the ``Chesterbelloc''

82

(36)

Against the Servile State

118

(37)

Distribution and British Politics

155

(21)

The New Distributists

176

(12)

The Appeal of Fascism

188

(32)

Early Catholic Critics of Fascism

220

(16)

Social Catholicism and the Career of H. A. Reinhold

236

(36)

American Catholics Move to the Right

272

(20)

The Religious Crusade in Spain

292

(39)

Against the Tide: The Catholic Critics of Franco

331

(47)

Completing the Circle

378

(19)

Notes

397

(126)

Bibliography

523

(20)

Index

543

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