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Catholicism in Modern Italy: Religion, Society and Politics since 1861
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Catholicism in Modern Italy: Religion, Society and Politics since 1861. By John Pollard. [Christianity and Society in the Modern World.] (New York: Routledge. 2008. Pp. viii, 247. $140.00. ISBN 978-0-415-23835-9.)
In his multidimensional study of Catholicism in Italy from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, John Pollard explores the impact of modernization on the Catholic Church. Contrasting official religious policy of the clergy with the popular enthusiasms of the laity, he explores the creation of a selfconfident and durable Catholic subculture that served to insulate the faithful from many of the challenges of modernization. Pollard offers a valuable overview of modern …
