A broad perspective on the role of religious institutes in social and cultural practices This volume examines the cultural contribution of religious institutes,

This volume examines the cultural contribution of religious institutes, men and women religious, and their role in the constitution of Catholic communities of c

In the 19th century, religious institutes (orders and congregations) underwent an unprecedented revival. As partners in a large-scale religious modernisation mo

Across nineteenth-century Europe, the emergence of constitutional and democratic nation-states was accompanied by intense conflict between Catholics and anticle

Although the origins of Christianity lie in the Near East, Europe and Christianity have an exceptional relationship, since most Europeans perceive Christianity