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The Idea of Europe in the Work of Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis
ReligionsThe papacies of Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis coincided with a period of conflict and change in Europe. In the post-war period, Europe was still divided along ideological lines, with much of it having experienced invasion ...
André P. DeBattista
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Redeeming the Age in Which We Live: Ignazio Silone’s The Story of a Humble Christian
Religions, 2019 This essay explores Ignazio Silone’s seldom considered book, “The Story of a Humble Christian.” Part memoir, history, and theatre, this book tells the story of Pope Celestine V, the first, and until Benedict XVI, the only pope to resign.
Kimberly Rae Connor
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Friendship in the New Political Theologies
Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 686-707, July 2026.Abstract As a distinct academic discipline, political theology rose and fell with Carl Schmitt. If there was any hope of redeeming it, the discipline would have to be entirely renewed. A deep‐seated and understudied feature of that renewal lies in the reconceptualisation of the political relation.
Andreas E. Masvie
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Economy of LIfe: Charismatic Dynamics and the Spirit of Gift [PDF]
, 2012 The dominant mode of globalization has mostly reinforced the disembedding of states and markets from the social practices and civic virtues of civil society writ large.
Pabst, Adrian
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 469-488, June 2026.Abstract Due to their prolonged and multicultural nature, councils functioned historically as hubs for the exchange of ideas, discourse, diplomacy and rhetoric, reflecting broader cultural trends. In the Middle Ages, no international forums were comparable to ecumenical councils, where diverse and influential groups from various regions convened to ...
Federico Tavelli
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Ratzinger and science (communication) [PDF]
JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 2005 The death of Pope John Paul II, the "Polish pope", in Rome and the ensuing election of Benedict XVI, the "German pope", have been two big events, which gained world-wide media coverage and affected - and still affect - the whole world.
Greco Pietro
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Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 686-697, March/April 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
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Verbum VitaeThe article examines the Johannine foundation of the Encyclical Deus Caritas Est. It shows how Benedict XVI drew heavily on the Augustinian exegesis of the Johannine literature (with a particular focus on the First Epistle of John). The analysis follows
Isacco Pagani
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A Call to Authentic Discipleship: Pope Benedict XVI, Kierkegaard and Entweltlichung
Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, 2023 The article pursues the aim of demonstrating that both Pope Benedict XVI and Søren Kierkegaard call for genuine Christian discipleship. They apprehend in Christianity ever anew the danger of a bourgeois accommodation of the Christian gospel to the ...
Emery de Gaál
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The date and context of the Astronomer's Life of Louis the Pious
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 70-100, February 2026.The Astronomer's Life of the emperor Louis the Pious (814–40) is a canonical source for scholars of Frankish history. It sits at the centre of recent debates about the nature and tone of Carolingian political discourse, and about the crisis of the empire in the 830s.
Simon MacLean
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