YLHS 9304: 19th Century Catholic Church in Crisis

An investigation of the variety of Catholic responses to the crises in Church and society caused by the French Revolution in Europe and the Americans. Theological and political developments involved with republicanism; freedom of the press, religion, and speech; legal equality; the temporal power; political democracy; scientific advances; economic justice; and the interfaith realities of the modern world. The struggle between "liberal Catholicism" and "Ultramontanism" in Europe and its counterpart in the United States. Economic injustice and the rise of the concept of Liberation Theology. The Nineteenth Century as the seedbed of Vatican Council II.