Cold War Mary

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-94-6270-251-6
Verlag: Leuven University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 28, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Reihe: KADOC-Studies on Religion, Culture and Society

First-ever
study connecting the Cold War to the field of popular religiosity and Marian
devotion

One hardly known but fascinating aspect of the Cold
War was the use of the holy Virgin Mary as a warrior against atheist
ideologies. After the Second World War, there was a remarkable rise in the West
of religiously inflected rhetoric against what was characterised as “godless
communism”. The leaders of the Roman Catholic Church not only urged their
followers to resist socialism, but along with many prominent Catholic laity and
activist movements they marshaled the support of Catholics into a spiritual
holy war. In this book renowned experts address a variety of grassroots and
Church initiatives related to Marian politics, the hausse of Marian
apparitions during the Cold War period, and the present-day revival of Marian
devotional culture. By identifying and analysing the militant side of Mary in
the Cold War context on a global scale for the first time, Cold
War Mary will attract readers interested in religious history, history of
the Cold War, and twentieth-century international history.

Contributors: Michael Agnew (McMaster University), Marina Sanahuja
Beltran (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), William A. Christian, Jr. (Independent,
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), Deirdre de la Cruz (University of Michigan),
Agnieszka Halemba (University of Warsaw), Thomas Kselman (University of Notre
Dame), Peter Jan Margry (University of
Amsterdam / Meertens Institute), Katharine
Massam (University of Divinity, Melbourne), David Morgan (Duke University), Konrad Siekierski (King’s College
London), Tine van Osselaer (University of Antwerp), Robert Ventresca (Western
University Canada), Daniel Wojcik (University of Oregon) and Sandra L. Zimdars-Swartz (University of
Kansas)
This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Margry, Peter Jan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Ost-West Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Envisioning and Exploring Mary’s Theater of WarPeter Jan Margry
CHURCH AND IDEOLOGIES2. The Virgin Mary and Cold War PoliticsPope, Church, and Devotees in the Context of Postwar ItalyRobert Ventresca
3. From Fátima to Kérizinen 85Devotional Backgrounds and Resources for the Cold WarSandra L. Zimdars-Swartz
4. Likeness and Message in Our Lady of Fátima from World War to Cold WarDavid Morgan
POLITICO-DEVOTIONAL REALMS5. The Changing Face of the Enemy The Belgian Apparition Sites in the 1940sTine Van Osselaer
6. Darkness at Noon The Visions at Cuevas de Vinromá in 1947 in a Divided Spain during the Cold WarWilliam A. Christian Jr. and Marina Sanahuja Beltran
7. Apparitions of the Mother of God in Socialist Poland in the Early Years of the Cold WarAgnieszka Halemba and Konrad Siekierski
8. Marian Piety and the Cold War in the United States Thomas Kselman
9. The Virgin and the BombThe Bayside Apparitions, Cold War Anxieties and Marian AnticommunismDaniel Wojcik
10. “Wearing Uneasily the Mantle of Peace”Marian Devotion and the Politics of Fear in Cold War AustraliaKatharine Massam
ARMIES AND CRUSADES11. Mission and Protection Bringing Fátima to West Germany in the Early Cold War YearsMonique Scheer
12. Contested Cold War Marian PoliticsThe Dutch Pentagon and the Empire of MaryPeter Jan Margry
13. Mary’s Media in the Cold War PhilippinesDeirdre de la Cruz
14. “No Consecration, No Peace!”The Fatima Center and the Russian Annexation of CrimeaMichael Agnew
15. Conclusion and OutlookPeter Jan Margry
Timeline
AuthorsIndex of Names and Places Colophon

Über Autor(innen)

Margry, Peter Jan
Peter Jan Margry is professor of European ethnology at the University of Amsterdam and senior fellow at the Meertens Institute, a research centre of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam.