The Pope, the Public, and International Relations Postsecular Transf

"The Papacy" and "modernity" are two terms that rarely intersect in international relations, but it will be impossible to ignore the former's impact on the latter -- and vice versa -- after reading this fascinating book. Through multiple forms of intertex

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The Pope, the Public, and International Relations Postsecular Transformations Edited by Mariano P. Barbato

Culture and Religion in International Relations

Series Editor Yosef Lapid Department of Government New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM, USA

Looking at how religion and culture interact with and affect international relations, this series deals with both theory and case studies.

More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14946

Mariano P. Barbato Editor

The Pope, the Public, and International Relations Postsecular Transformations

Editor Mariano P. Barbato Center for Religion and Modernity University of Münster Münster, Germany

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Acknowledgments

The volume is the fruit of the efforts of many people who supported and contributed to the project Legions of the Pope: A Case Study in Social and Political Transformation. I can only mention a few but would like to express my gratitude to all of them. Most of the chapters started their life as conference papers presented at the Popes on the Rise! Conference in March 2017, which was held at the Roman Institute of the Görres Society at the Campo Santo Teutonico in Rome, very close to the Vatican. I would like to thank in particular Prof. Stefan Heid, Director of the Roman Institute, who was a wonderful host and co-organizer. Many t