Religious Modernism in the Low Countries (Paperback)

E. van der Wall

ISBN 10: 9042927410 / ISBN 13: 9789042927414

Published by Peeters Publishers, Leuven, 2013

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Paperback. The collection of essays in Religious Modernism in the Low Countriesaims at instigating a comparative analysis of Protestant and RomanCatholic modernisms. The contributions make abundantly clear that themodernist landscape in the Low Countries in the nineteenth and earlytwentieth centuries offers an exceptional variety of views andperspectives that invite a comparative study. Where should we look forcommonalities and where for inevitable differences? To what extent isthere a simultaneity in the emergence of progressive thought in thesereligious traditions? What is the impact of ecclesiastical,geographical, and political structures? The essays show that the storyof modernism is closely allied with that of a sometimes virulentanti-modernist reaction. A differentiated understanding of theseintellectual developments and confrontations sheds further light on theshared history of Roman Catholics and Protestants in their efforts torespond to the various challenges posed by the modern world. This collection of essays aims at instigating a comparative analysis of Protestant and Roman Catholic modernisms. The contributions make abundantly clear that the modernist landscape in the Low Countries in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries offers an exceptional variety of views and perspectives that invite a comparative s Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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• Title: Religious Modernism in the Low Countries (Paperback)
• Publisher: Peeters Publishers, Leuven
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9042927410
• ISBN 13: 9789042927414
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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The collection of essays in Religious Modernism in the Low Countries aims at instigating a comparative analysis of Protestant and Roman Catholic modernisms. The contributions make abundantly clear that the modernist landscape in the Low Countries in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries offers an exceptional variety of views and perspectives that invite a comparative study. Where should we look for commonalities and where for inevitable differences? To what extent is there a simultaneity in the emergence of progressive thought in these religious traditions? What is the impact of ecclesiastical, geographical, and political structures? The essays show that the story of modernism is closely allied with that of a sometimes virulent anti-modernist reaction. A differentiated understanding of these intellectual developments and confrontations sheds further light on the 'shared history' of Roman Catholics and Protestants in their efforts to respond to the various challenges posed by the modern world.