11/07/2025 14:00
- 17:30
HALL: Senate Hall
Proponent:
Faggioli M.,
Froehle B.
Chair:
Faggioli M.
Speaker:
Dolan S.,
Gabriel I.,
Massa M.,
O'Regan E.,
Silvestri S.
Following the core theme of EuARe 2025, "Religion and Socio-Cultural Transformation," we invite papers that explore the disruption of the postwar liberal order in Catholic political thought, whether from a decolonial focus, an anti-globalist frame, or even a revival of Catholic political discourse from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Today, some Catholic political theorists and actors, including Church leaders, have embraced integralism or a variety of other theories rejecting political modernity. Such thinking dramatically contrasts with well-established different ideas of church and state as well as interpretations of the Second Vatican Council and Catholic social doctrine, particularly on religious liberty, ecumenism, and inter-religious dialogue. We seek papers that explore local situations and theological traditions to assess how the disruption of the liberal order is received (or promoted) within diverse contexts of contemporary Global Catholicism.