Religious Renewal in France, 1789-1870: The Roman Catholic Church Between Catastrophe and Triumph

by Roger Price

Book Overview

This book provides a study of the manner in which the Roman Catholic Church in France responded to successive revolutions between 1789 and 1870 as well as to the cultural upheaval associated with accelerating socio-economic change. It focuses on the Church as an institution engaged in a dynamic process of (re)Christianization and determined, as the only repository of the true faith of Jesus Christ, to fortify belief, and to combat the 'Satanic'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319671952
• ISBN13: 9783319671956
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"