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The Spirit of Vatican II
Vatican II profoundly changed the outlook and the message of the Catholic Church. After decades, if not centuries, in which Catholic public opinion appeared to be primarily oriented towards the distant past and bygone societal models, suddenly the Catholic Church embraced the world as it was, and it joined in the struggle to create a radiant future. The Sixties were a time of great socio-cultural and political ferment in Europe as a whole. Especially the second half of the 1960s and the first half of the 1970s witnessed an astounding range of 'new' and 'old' social movements reaching for the sky. Catholic activists provided fuel to the fire in more ways than one. Catholics had embarked on th...
Conquistadors and Aztecs
A highly readable narrative of the causes, course, and consequences of the Spanish Conquest, incorporating the perspectives of many Native groups, Black slaves, and the conquistadors, timed with the 500th anniversary of the fall of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.Five hundred years ago, a flotilla landed on the coast of Yucatan under the command of the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. While the official goal of the expedition was to explore and to expand the Christian faith, everyone involved knew that it was primarily about gold and the hunt for slaves.That a few hundred Spaniards destroyed the Aztec empire - a highly developed culture - is an old chestnut, because the conquistadors, w...
Persister Cells and Infectious Disease
This volume is a collection of chapters from the leading experts in the relatively new and burgeoning field of persister cell studies. Persisters play a leading role in the recalcitrance of chronic infections, and enable the development of classical antibiotic resistance. The focus of the book is on studies that provide an understanding of the mechanisms of persister formation, antibiotic tolerance and role in disease, at the molecular level.
The Transformation of the Christian Churches in Western Europe
KADOC Studies on Religion, Culture and Society, Volume 6Research continues to show that the Christian religion is gradually disappearing from the public, cultural, and social spheres in Western Europe. Even on the individual level, institutionalized religion is becoming increasingly marginalized. New forms of religious life and community, however, may point toward a resurgence of Christian churches in postmodern Europe. This book focuses on the complex transformations Christian churches in Western Europe have undergone since World War II. In English and French.
Female Fighters in Armed Conflict
This book explores the why and the how of women’s participation in armed struggle, and challenges preconceived assertions about women and violence, providing both a historic and a contemporary focus. The volume is about women who have participated in armed conflict as members of an armed group, trained in military action, with different tasks within the conflict. The chapters endeavor to make women’s own voices heard, to discover the untold stories of women as perpetrators and facilitators of military violence, and the authors do this through the use of personal interviews and the study of primary documents. The work widens the geographical perspective of feminist security studies to dis...
Entre la fábrica y la sacristía. Catolicismo de base, división eclesial y tensiones políticas en la diócesis de Zaragoza (1946-1979)
Este libro analiza el papel del catolicismo de base en la oposición eclesial a la dictadura franquista. Organizaciones como la Juventud Obrera Cristiana y la Hermandad Obrera de Acción Católica, acompañadas por una parte del clero, desarrollaron una conciencia social y política que dio lugar a un catolicismo crítico con la dictadura. Esto originó fuertes tensiones entre el régimen franquista y la Iglesia, que vio cómo se quebraba su unidad en la fidelidad al franquismo. Además, muchos de estos católicos terminaron engrosando las filas de organizaciones antifranquistas, aportando militantes, líderes y una manera particular de concebir y practicar el compromiso sociopolítico. Entre la fabrica y la sacristía pretende contribuir a la comprensión de este fenómeno desde la escala diocesana.
An Intellectual History of Liberal Catholicism in Western Europe, 1789-1870
This volume probes and deciphers the tensions and contradictions that underlie modern European Liberal Catholicism. Beginning with the French revolution and looking at dialogues between European 'public moralists', the book discusses the ways in which liberal Catholics loosened their bonds with religion, all the while relying on it. It reflects on how and why they promoted a post-revolutionary state and society based on religious dogma and morality, and what new liberal order and socio-political and religious models they proposed. Beyond the analysis of the work of these Catholic intellectuals, the question of their conceiving a specific liberal approach through Catholicism is also investigated. More generally, it prompts a vital reappraisal of the political, ideological and philosophical pressures that the religious question caused in the redefinition of Western European post-revolutionary liberalism.
Breve historia de Carlos V
Descubra los apasionantes inicios de la Europa moderna a través de la vida del emperador Carlos V, en cuya persona se aunó el cetro imperial alemán y la corona de la Monarquía Hispánica. Un recorrido histórico completo por los principales aspectos políticos, sociales y económicos de esta turbulenta época y el arte y cultura de este brillante periodo del Renacimiento humanista. Breve historia de Carlos V le acercará a los principales aspectos políticos, sociales y económicos de una etapa apasionante, el inicio de la época moderna europea, a través de un personaje fascinante, Carlos I de España y V de Alemania, en cuya persona se aunó el cetro imperial alemán y la corona de la...
Breve historia de España I: las raíces
Comenzando en la Prehistoria se describe el paso por Neolítico y edad de los metales para llegar a la romanización de la península Ibérica, a pesar de la gran oposición indígena inicial. Se describe la explotación metalúrgica y el desarrollo de la agricultura para llegar a la invasión árabe y posterior establecimiento del califato Omeya en Córdoba. La narración de la Reconquista se aborda desde un punto de vista socioeconómico y cultural. La aventura americana llevó al establecimiento del Imperio español, pero pronto llegaría la decadencia en lo político y económico a España, aunque no en lo artístico, ya que el esplendor cultural bautizará a esta época como el Siglo de Oro español.
Breve historia del cómic NUEVA EDICIÓN
La historia del cómic a través de sus autores y escuelas más importantes, desde los primeros superhéroes, el nacimiento del manga y Tintín, hasta el cómic underground, la ciencia ficción, el cómic latinoamericano y la aparición del cómic adulto y la novela gráfica. La apasionante historia de un medio de masas totalmente integrado en la cultura contemporánea. Breve historia del cómic propone un viaje por la apasionante trayectoria de un medio artístico lleno de vitalidad. De las primeras historietas de prensa hasta la novela gráfica, la obra ofrece un recorrido por los principales autores y obras de la historia del cómic universal. Este título muestra los orígenes del cómic...
