Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-390) and index.
Contents:
The papal encyclicals, industrial capitalism, and modern liberal culture -- The pre-Leonine papal strategy of rejecting local capitalism : modern liberal defeat of European aristocratic Christian civilization -- The pre-Leonine encyclicals from Benedict XIV to Pius IX : from defense of the ancient regime to the triumph of ultramontanism -- The Leonine papal strategy of reforming national capitalism : Leo Xiii's appeal to moderate liberals against secular socialists -- The foundational encyclicals of Leo XIII : the grand design for a bourgeois adaptation of Christian civilization -- Modification and breakdown of the Leonine strategy : the crisis of modern European bourgeois civilization -- The Leonine encyclicals of Pius X, Benedict XV, Pius XI, and Pius XII : modernism, industrial warfare, economic dictatorship, and state totalitarianism -- Conclusion : the legacy of modern Catholic social teaching and the postmodern challenge.
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