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From the time of Bismarck's great rival Ludwig Windthorst to that of the first post-World War II Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, the Catholic community in Germany took a distinctive historical path. Although it was by no means free of authoritarian components, it was at times the most democratic pathway taken by organized political Catholicism anywhere in Europe. Challenging those who seek continuity in German history primarily in terms of its long march toward Nazism, this book crosses all the usual historical turning points from mid-nineteenth- to late-twentieth-century German history in search of the indigenous origins of postwar German democracy. Complementing recent studies of German Social Democracy, it links the postwar party system to the partisan traditions this new system transcended by documenting the attempts by reform-minded members of the old Catholic Center party to break out of the constraints of minority-group politics and form a democratic political party. The failure of those efforts before 1933 helped clear the way for Nazism, but their success after 1945 in founding the interdenominational Christian Democratic Union (CDU) helped tame political conservatism and allowed the emergence of the most stable democracy in contemporary Europe. Integrating those who needed to be integrated--the cultural and political conservatives--into a durable liberal order, this conservative yet democratic and interdenominational "catch-all" party broadened democratic sensibilities and softened the effect of religious tensions on the German polity and party system. By crossing traditional chronological divides and exploring the links between earlier abortive Catholic initiatives and the range of competing postwar visions of the new party system, this book moves Catholic Germany from the periphery to the heart of the issue of continuity in modern German history.

Catholics. --- Christen-democratie. --- Christian democracy. --- Christian democratic parties. --- Politieke partijen. --- Politik. --- Christian democratic parties -- Germany -- History. --- Christianity and politics -- Catholic Church -- History. --- HISTORY / General. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties. --- RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic.

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Counter-Reformation --- Christianity and politics --- Contre-Réforme --- Eglise catholique --- Catholic Church --- Aspect politique --- History --- Histoire --- Germany --- Austria --- Allemagne --- Autriche --- Church history --- Histoire religieuse --- Counter-Reformation. --- History. --- Influence. --- Contre-Réforme --- Anti-Reformation --- Church renewal --- Reformation --- Christianity --- Church and politics --- Politics and Christianity --- Politics and the church --- Political science --- Catholic Church&delete& --- Influence --- Political aspects --- Counter-Reformation - Germany. --- Christianity and politics - Catholic Church - History. --- Counter-Reformation - Influence.

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In The Lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII Peter Kent shows how the Catholic Church was able to continue to exist on both sides of the Iron Curtain in spite of the division of Europe after the Second World War. Although Christian democracy became increasingly influential in western Europe, the struggle to preserve the position and rights of the Church in the east was much more difficult. When east European governments, under Moscow's direction, began their offensive against the independence of the Church in 1948, the papacy found that it stood alone, with little assistance from the U.S. Kent offers a new assessment of Pius XII, extending the study of his career and papacy beyond the Second World War. He also examines the origins of the Cold War, the European perspective on American and Soviet policies, and the diplomatic role and influence of the Roman Catholic Church.

Christianity and politics --- Communism and Christianity --- Papacy --- Catholic Church --- History --- Catholic Church. --- Pius --- Europe --- Politics and government --- Pie --- Pacelli, Eugenio, --- Pachelli, Eudz︠h︡enio, --- Piĭ --- Pio --- Pacelli, Eugenio --- Christianity and politics - Catholic Church - History - 20th century. --- Communism and Christianity - Catholic Church. --- Papacy - History - 1929-1945. --- 262.13 PIUS XII --- 27 "194/-" --- 262.13 PIUS XII Pausschap. Heilige Stoel. Vaticaan. Paus als soeverein--PIUS XII --- Pausschap. Heilige Stoel. Vaticaan. Paus als soeverein--PIUS XII --- Kerkgeschiedenis--?"194/-"

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The Policies and Politics of Pope Pius XII delves into the diplomacy of the most controversial pope of the twentieth century: Pius XII (pontificate, 1939-1958), «Advocate of Appeasement» to some and «Apostle of Peace» to others. Disagreement prevails on his quest for peace, recourse to impartiality during the Second World War, and relative public silence during the Holocaust. His abandonment of impartiality to play a prominent role in the Cold War has contributed to the charges and counter-charges leading to what has been deemed the «Pius War.» Unfortunately, a good deal of the literature published by the defenders and denigrators of this papal diplomacy has shed more heat than light. In this book, Frank J. Coppa, who has written on numerous controversial figures including Pius IX (pontificate,1846-1878), seeks to objectively explore the origins and rationale of Pius XII's diplomacy during the war, the Nazi genocide, and its aftermath.

Christianity and politics --- Christianisme et politique --- Catholic Church --- History --- Eglise catholique --- Histoire --- Pius --- -262.13 PIUS XII --- Christianity --- Church and politics --- Politics and Christianity --- Politics and the church --- Political science --- -History --- -Pausschap. Heilige Stoel. Vaticaan. Paus als soeverein--PIUS XII --- Political aspects --- Pacelli, Eugenio, --- Pachelli, Eudz︠h︡enio, --- Pie --- Piĭ --- Pio --- 262.13 PIUS XII Pausschap. Heilige Stoel. Vaticaan. Paus als soeverein--PIUS XII --- Pausschap. Heilige Stoel. Vaticaan. Paus als soeverein--PIUS XII --- 262.13 PIUS XII --- Piju --- Pacelli, Eugenio --- Christianity and politics - Catholic Church - History - 20th century --- Pius XII p. --- Pius - XII, - Pope, - 1876-1958 --- Pie XII (pape ; 1876-1958) --- Église catholique --- 20e siècle

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Christianity and politics --- Christianisme et politique --- Catholic Church --- History --- Eglise catholique --- Histoire --- Europe --- Politics and government --- Church history --- Politique et gouvernement --- Histoire religieuse --- Vatican Council --- 262.5*31 --- 27 <4> "1950/1980" --- Vaticanum II--(1963-1966) --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Europa--"1950/1980" --- Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교 --- 262.5*31 Vaticanum II--(1963-1966) --- Église catholique --- Christianity and politics - Catholic Church - History - 20th century. --- Europe - Politics and government - 1945 --- -Europe - Church history - 20th century.