World Views and Worldly Wisdom

Jan De Maeyer is professor emeritus of contemporary church history at KU Leuven and honorary director of KADOC-KU Leuven. His research focuses on political and social Catholicism, material Christianity, and the development of religious institutions and congregations. Vincent Viaene studied history and international relations at KU Leuven, the Sorbonne, and Yale University. He was a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at KU Leuven, a senior Fellow at KADOC and a Marie Curie Fellow at Oxford University. In 2012 he joined the Belgian diplomatic corps. Since 2015 he is seconded to the Belgian Royal Household as Advisor of His Majesty King Philip.

• Preface Préface Jan De Maeyer & Vincent ViaeneTHE CHURCH, CATHOLICS AND MODERNITY MODALITIES OF ATTRACTION AND REPULSIONL'ÉGLISE, LES CATHOLIQUES ET LA MODERNITÉ UN JEU DE STRATEGO ENTRE ATTIRANCE ET AVERSIONTocqueville Revisited Transatlantic Perspectives on Modernity, Democracy and Christianity in Europe and North America (c. 1650-1860) Patrick PastureCatholic Republicanism Revisited Henk de Smaele« Démocratie catholique » et « démocratie chrétienne » Toile de fond d'une controverse idéologique à la fin du XIXe siècle Jan De Maeyer The Influence of Catholic Socio-Political Theory on the Foundations of the Belgian Welfare State The Case of Subsidized Liberty (late nineteenth century) Jo DefermeRethinking the Origins of the Catholic Party in Liberal Italy The Unione Romana (1877-1887) Andrea Ciampani Le catholicisme social dans le cà´ne sud-américain Étude comparative des cas argentin, chilien et uruguayen Susana MonrealLe MRP et le père Lebret à la Libération à€ chacun sa modernité? Bruno BéthouartPerceptions and Realities The Course of the Christian Democratic Union in West Germany (1945-2005) Winfried BeckerPillarization and Occupation in Dutch History Hans BlomBISHOPS ON THE CHESSBOARD OF POWER WORLD VIEWS AND POLITICSDES FOUS SUR L'ÉCHIQUIER DU POUVOIR IDÉOLOGIE ET POLITIQUEModern Ethno-National Visions and Missionaries from the Low Countries at China's Edge (1865-1948) Patrick TaveirneWorld Missions as a Field of Inspiration for New Vatican Strategies towards Modern Society (1830-1940) Carine DujardinA Pope's Dilemma Temporal Power and Moral Authority in the History of the Modern Vatican Vincent ViaeneLa réconciliation franco-italienne pour une Europe nouvelle La correspondance Luigi Sturzo-Georges Bidault (1944-1945) Jean-Dominique DurandPeace in the Magisterium of Twentieth-Century Popes Alfredo Canavero L'internationalisme catholique des années 1920 Deux études de cas fondées sur les archives romaines Philippe ChenauxCommon and Different Interests since World War II and after the End of the Cold War Europe's Integrated Member States and Their Relations to the United States (1945-2005) Michael GehlerThe Cultural Political Perspective on the Benelux in Post-War Belgium (1944-1955) Els Witte'We the peoples…' The Interaction of Power, Ideas and Ideology in the United Nations Charter Peter Van KemsekeBibliography Contributors / Contributeurs Colophon