Defending the Nation Under God: Global Catholicism, the Supreme Court, and the Secularist Specter (1946–1963)

IF 0.3 3区 哲学 Q2 HISTORY
Susanna De Stradis
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ABSRACT This essay relies on American and newly available Vatican archival sources to reconstruct the ins and outs of the U.S. Catholic Church's involvement in First Amendment litigation between the 1940s and the 1960s. These reveal how Catholic leaders, far from urging the demise of the de facto Protestant establishment, cooperated with Protestants to protect it from legal challenges. They did so not because gaining the acceptance of their non-Catholic neighbors was their paramount concern, nor because American Catholics were more “liberal” than their Roman counterparts. Rather, they saw the “Nation under God” as effectively addressing traditional Catholic critiques of the liberal principle of church-state separation—and therefore a project worthy of their commitment. Ironically, while pursuing goals fully compatible with Roman orthodoxy, they found themselves allied with evangelist Billy Graham and Gideons International long before the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) and Roe v. Wade (1973).
上帝庇佑下的国家:全球天主教、最高法院和世俗主义幽灵(1946-1963)
摘要:本文以美国和最新的梵蒂冈档案资料为基础,对20世纪40年代至60年代美国天主教会卷入美国宪法第一修正案诉讼的前前后后进行了重建。这些揭示了天主教领袖如何与新教徒合作,保护其免受法律挑战,而不是催促事实上的新教体制消亡。他们这样做不是因为获得非天主教邻居的接受是他们最关心的,也不是因为美国天主教徒比他们的罗马同行更“自由”。相反,他们认为“上帝之下的国家”有效地解决了传统天主教对政教分离自由原则的批评,因此是一个值得他们投入的项目。具有讽刺意味的是,在追求与罗马正统完全相容的目标时,他们发现自己早在第二次梵蒂冈大公会议(1962-1965)和罗伊诉韦德案(1973)之前就与福音传教士比利·格雷厄姆和基甸国际结盟了。
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0.40
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期刊介绍: Religion and American Culture is devoted to promoting the ongoing scholarly discussion of the nature, terms, and dynamics of religion in America. Embracing a diversity of methodological approaches and theoretical perspectives, this semiannual publication explores the interplay between religion and other spheres of American culture. Although concentrated on specific topics, articles illuminate larger patterns, implications, or contexts of American life. Edited by Philip Goff, Stephen Stein, and Peter Thuesen.
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