Universalism and Liberation

Jacopo Cellini obtained a PhD in History from the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa) and KU Leuven in 2015. He is currently working in the Archives of the Scuola Normale Superiore.

• IntroductionThe context Definitions and literature Periodization The Italian case Goals of the research The Catholic Culture and the Idea of International Community The legacy of 'Traditional Universalism' From Traditional to New Universalism: a change of climate in the Catholic culture 'New Universalism': the Magisterium's discourse under Paul VI An alternative perspective? The culture of Liberation Toward a new season: the reaction of the Magisterium to the culture of LiberationThe Culture of Foreign Policy of Italian Christian Democracy Democrazia Cristiana (DC), the 'party of the Nation' The premises: Italian political Catholicism and the idea of international community, from the first postwar to the end of the 1950s Between Universalism and Nation. Profiling DC's discourse on the international community in the 1960s and 1970s The implementation of the discourse. DC's culture of foreign policy and Italy's international relations, between foreign and domestic policy Aldo Moro: Universalism at work The Italian Catholic World and the Idea of International Community An overview of the Italian case The 'official' organizations of the Catholic laityThe non-institutional Catholic world: two case studies Conclusions The idea of international communityCatholicism and society in the age of modernityAbbreviations Bibliography Index of names Colophon

'...provides a substantial and important contribution to the debate on the intellectual history of Catholicism and its role in the culture of internationalism in the twentieth century.'Massimo Faggioli, Catholic Historical Review, Autumn 2019 - https://muse.jhu.edu/article/724059