Catholicism Confronts Modernity: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis

AMERICAN CULTURE STUDIES 252C

This course explores how the Catholic Church confronted the challenges of modernity-from liberal democracy and human rights; to capitalism and modern science; to fascism and communism. We will examine also how Catholicism itself has shaped modern politics and culture. The course will draw from the experience of Catholics in different countries (with no pretense of being exhaustive) over the past two centuries. We will begin with the French Revolution and the first "culture wars" between Catholics and liberals and end with the ambivalent legacies of Vatican II. We will appreciate how US Catholicism cannot be fully understood without reference to this global context.
Course Attributes: AS HUM; FA HUM; AR HUM; EN H

Section 01

Catholicism Confronts Modernity: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis
INSTRUCTOR: De Stradis