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In 2020, the Vatican opened its archives for the pontificate of Pius XII (1939-1958), the pope that led the Catholic Church during WWII, the Holocaust, and the beginning of the Cold War. The Global Pontificate of Pius XII brings together historians who were among the first to consult the previously unseen Vatican materials. These long-awaited records allow for an expansion of the current historiography beyond the pope’s biography. Methodologically, the volume works to transcend the rigidity of religious history and engage with new approaches in global, transnational, and postcolonial history to re-introduce questions surrounding religion into modern post-war historiography.

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Author:   Simon Unger-Alvi ,  Nina Valbousquet
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781805396086

ISBN 10:   1805396080
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   01 August 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Conservative Continuities and Roads to Reform in a Global Catholic Church Simon Unger-Alvi and Nina Valbousquet Part I: The Pope, the Archives Chapter 1. Writing and Rewriting History: The Opening of the Vatican Archives for Pius XII’s Pontificate Giovanni Coco Chapter 2. Card. Eugenio Pacelli becomes Pius XII: the Mediatization of a Papal Election Camilla Tenaglia Chapter 3. The Saints of the Pope: Canonization and beatification in the age of Pius XII Stefan Samerski Part II: Peace, War and Genocide Chapter 4. Anti-Jewish Prejudices, Anti-Semitism, Racism, and the Catholic Church’s Attitudes during the Shoah Tommaso Dell’Era Chapter 5. “Because the Jews are also prone to exaggeration” Or: Explanations for why Angelo Dell’Acqua’s appunto of 2 October 1942 was omitted from the “Actes et Documents” Hubert Wolf, Jana Haack, Sascha Hinkel, Elisabeth-Marie Richter, Judith Schepers, Barbara Schüler Chapter 6. The Local church, the Holy See and the rescue practices. The aids to the Jews during the Nazi-Fascist occupation of Florence (1943-1944) Elena Mazzini and Francesca Cavarocchi Chapter 7. The German Pope: Pius XII and German War Criminals Suzanne Brown-Fleming Part III: Postwar Reconstruction and Politics Chapter 8. The Pontifical Assistance Commission: from WWII Rome to Postwar Italy Alessandro Santagata Chapter 9. Pius XII and Christian Democracy: Between Theology and Politics Rosario Forlenza and Bjorn Thomassen Chapter 10. The Condemnation of Worker-Priests and the Nuncio in Paris (1944–1953) Marta Margotti Chapter 11. Challenges and Dilemmas of the Papal Diplomacy in front of the Bolshevisation of Czechoslovakia (1945-1950) Emilia Hrabovec Chapter 12. Watching the Iron Curtain’s Descent: The Church of Austria and its Reactions to the Rise of the Communist Regimes in East Central Europe after the Second World War Marion Dotter Part IV: A Global Church in the Postwar Era Chapter 13. The Holy See and the New World: Asia-Pacific (1945-1953) Olivier Sibre Chapter 14. The Vatican and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Humanitarianism, Diplomacy and Interreligious Relations Maria Chiara Rioli Chapter 15. Pius XII, the Salazar Regime, and the Colonial Question Marialuisa Lucia Sergio Chapter 16. Africanisation and Centralization: Roman Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Late Colonial Period (1930s-1950s) Edouard Coquet Conclusion: New Documents for a Revised History Simon Unger Alvi and Nina Valbousquet

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Simon Unger-Alvi gained his doctorate in modern European history at the University of Oxford in 2018 and his German Habilitation from the University of Fribourg in 2023. He currently leads an international research group on postwar Catholicism and Pope Pius XII at the German Historical Institute in Rome. He was a Visiting Professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and teaches as an associate professor in Fribourg.

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