Introduction for John T. McGreevy, Catholicism: a global history from the French Revolution to Pope Francis (2022)
Date
2024-03-19
Authors
Robert, Dana L.
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Robert DL. Introduction for John T. McGreevy, Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis (2022). Church History. 2023;92(4):911-912. doi:10.1017/S0009640723002822
Abstract
Approximately one third of the world is Christian, and half of those are Roman Catholics. The demographics alone make writing a global history of Catholicism a mammoth task. To attempt the impossible, Professor John T. McGreevy of Notre Dame University has tackled a theme that plays itself out over multiple centuries and diverse cultural settings—the conversation, negotiation, tension, and conflict between traditionalism and modernization. Given that conservatism and progressivism shift meanings according to historical context, the implications of each position in situ are complex and surprising. Only a scholar of McGreevy's maturity and erudition could hope to succeed in such a bold enterprise.
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of American Society of Church History. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited. This article has been published under a Read & Publish Transformative Open Access (OA) Agreement with CUP.