Universalism and Liberation

Introduction
The context
Definitions and literature
Periodization
The Italian case
Goals of the research

The Catholic Culture and the Idea of International Community
The legacy of 'Traditional Universalism'
From Traditional to New Universalism: a change of climate in the Catholic culture
'New Universalism': the Magisterium's discourse under Paul VI
An alternative perspective? The culture of Liberation
Toward a new season: the reaction of the Magisterium to the culture of Liberation

The Culture of Foreign Policy of Italian Christian Democracy
Democrazia Cristiana (DC), the 'party of the Nation'
The premises: Italian political Catholicism and the idea of international community, from the first postwar to the end of the 1950s
Between Universalism and Nation. Profiling DC's discourse on the international community in the 1960s and 1970s
The implementation of the discourse. DC's culture of foreign policy and Italy's international relations, between foreign and domestic policy
Aldo Moro: Universalism at work
The Italian Catholic World and the Idea of International Community
An overview of the Italian case
The 'official' organizations of the Catholic laity
The non-institutional Catholic world: two case studies

Conclusions
The idea of international community
Catholicism and society in the age of modernity

Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index of names
Colophon