Examines the crucial postwar period in Slovakia, following Nazi occupation and ending with the Communist coup of February 1948. Centered on the major political role of the Catholic Church and its leaders, it offers a fascinating study of the interrelationship of Slovak Catholics…
"In Fellini's Eternal Rome, Alessandro Carrera explores the co-existence and conflict of paganism and Christianity in the works of Federico Fellini. By combining source analysis, cultural history and jargon-free psychoanalytic film theory, Carrera introduces the reader to a new …
*** Winner of the2019 Flaiano Prize in the category Italian Studies *** In Fellini's Eternal Rome, Alessandro Carrera explores the co-existence and conflict of paganism and Christianity in the works of Federico Fellini. By combining source analysis, cultural history and jargon-f…
"In Fellini's Eternal Rome, Alessandro Carrera explores the co-existence and conflict of paganism and Christianity in the works of Federico Fellini. By combining source analysis, cultural history and jargon-free psychoanalytic film theory, Carrera introduces the reader to a new …
Introduction -- Reframing reform -- Reframing representation-- Reframing ritual -- Reframing religious identity -- Reframing the rosary -- Reading the beads -- Conclusion.
"Why has this particular devotional object been so ubiquitous and resilient, especially in the face of Catholicism's reinvention in the Counter-Reformation Era? Nathan D. Mitchell argues in lyric prose that to understand the rosary's adaptability, it is essential to consider the…
A Chastened Communion traces a new path through the well-traversed field of modern Irish poetry by revealing how critical engagement with Catholicism shapes the trajectory of the poetic careers of Austin Clarke, Patrick Kavanagh, John Montague, Seamus Heaney, Eiléan Ní Chuillean…
Chiesa cattolica e violenza, fede e militanza, Vangelo e rivoluzione. Per la prima volta si infrange un tabù: la matrice religiosa del terrorismo italiano. A ridosso del sequestro e dell'omicidio di Aldo Moro da parte delle Brigate rosse, nel 1978, il dibattito sulle origini del…
Becoming (and being) a Catholic historian -- Personal landscapes of Catholicism : from East to West -- Homecoming : finding a Catholic hermeneutic -- In search of Chicano Catholic identity and history -- Deeply within : Catholicism, faith, and history -- The Blessed Virgin made …