Disruptive Power : : Catholic Women, Miracles, and Politics in Modern Germany, 1918-1965 / / Michael E. O'Sullivan.

Disruptive Power examines a surprising revival of faith in Catholic miracles in Germany from the 1920s to the 1960s. The book follows the dramatic stigmata of Therese Neumann of Konnersreuth and her powerful circle of followers that included theologians, Cardinals, politicians, journalists, monarchi...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:German and European Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Germany between Apocalypse and Salvation: Bloody Images and Miraculous Cures
  • 2. The Rise of Therese Neumann of Konnersreuth during the Weimar Republic
  • 3. Saving Souls and Making Enemies: The Struggle over Konnersreuth and the Downfall of Political Catholicism
  • 4. Between Feminine Agency and Moral Utopia: Gender and Sex in Konnersreuth
  • 5. Disruptive Potential: Catholic Miracles under the Third Reich
  • 6. Miraculous Times in West Germany: Marian Apparitions during the Early Federal Republic
  • 7. Therese Neumann between Catholic Traditionalism, Cold War, and Economic Miracle
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index