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  • Ecclesiology, Idealism, and World Polity

    The Concordats of the Apostolic See

    by Mark R. Royce ...
    Series series Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
    This book provides the only comprehensive analysis of concordats, the international treaties of the Apostolic See in Rome. Identifying the 167 treaties between the papacy and civil commonwealths from 1865 to 2022 at the intersection of canon, comparative, and international law, Royce indicates an overall relationship between the dominance or inferiority of Roman Catholic canon law within the ... Read more

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  • The Political Theology of European Integration

    Comparing the Influence of Religious Histories on European Policies

    by Mark R. Royce ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book traces the connections between diverging postwar European integration policies and intra-Christian divisions to argue that supranational integration originates from Roman Catholic internationalism, and that resistance to integration, conversely, is based in Protestantism. Royce supports this thesis through a rigorously supported historical narrative, arguing that sixteenth-century ... Read more

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    During four years in session, Vatican Council II held television audiences rapt with its elegant, magnificently choreographed public ceremonies, while its debates generated front-page news on a near-weekly basis. By virtually any assessment, it was the most important religious event of the twentieth century, with repercussions that reached far beyond the Catholic church. Remarkably enough, this is ... Read more

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