The Protestant Peril"" : The Church and Italian Catholics on the issue of religious freedom, 1922-1955 /
In Italy, anti-Protestantism became a relevant motif of reactionary polemics during the Risorgimento and the post-unification period in the 19th century. Attenuated around 1900, the anti-Protestant offensive resumed after the First World War. Between the early 1920s and the mid-1950s, the hostility...
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Language: English
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Paderborn :
Ferdinand Schöningh, Brill Deutschland,
2025.
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Modern Catholicisms ;
3.
Schöningh and Fink Early Modern and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
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Call Number: D410
| Summary: | In Italy, anti-Protestantism became a relevant motif of reactionary polemics during the Risorgimento and the post-unification period in the 19th century. Attenuated around 1900, the anti-Protestant offensive resumed after the First World War. Between the early 1920s and the mid-1950s, the hostility of the Catholic Church towards the Protestant presence and mission in Italy became a significant social and political phenomenon. It succeeded in influencing the attitude of the Italian state and the legislation on religious freedom itself. Reconstructing Catholic anti-Protestantism, Paolo Zanini shows that the attitude towards Protestant denominations was one of the features of continuity between Fascism and the first decade of the post-war Republic. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (350 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783657796830 |