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Cold War Mary : ideologies, politics, Marian devotional culture /
One hardly known but fascinating aspect of the Cold War was the use of the holy Virgin Mary as a warrior against atheist ideologies. After the Second World War, there was a remarkable rise in the West of religiously inflected rhetoric against what was characterised as "godless communism"....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leuven :
Leuven University Press,
[2020]
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| Colección: | KADOC studies on religion, culture, and society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | One hardly known but fascinating aspect of the Cold War was the use of the holy Virgin Mary as a warrior against atheist ideologies. After the Second World War, there was a remarkable rise in the West of religiously inflected rhetoric against what was characterised as "godless communism". The leaders of the Roman Catholic Church not only urged their followers to resist socialism, but along with many prominent Catholic laity and activist movements they marshaled the support of Catholics into a spiritual holy war. In this book, experts address a variety of grassroots and Church initiatives related to Marian politics, the hausse of Marian apparitions during the Cold War period, and the present-day revival of Marian devotional culture. By identifying and analysing the militant side of Mary in the Cold War context on a global scale for the first time, this book will draw the attention of readers interested in religious history, the history of the Cold War, and twentieth-century international history |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (399 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789461663566 9461663560 |