Lamennais : : a believer's revolutionary politics / / edited by Richard A. Lebrun ; translations by Richard A. Lebrun, Jerry Ryan ; introduction and annotations by Sylvain Milbach.

• Author: Lamennais, Félicité Robert de, 1782-1854.
• TeilnehmendeR: Lebrun, Richard.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English; French
• Series: Studies in the History of Political Thought 13.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (326 pages).

Lamennais: A Believer's Revolutionary Politics , edited by Richard A Lebrun, offers English translations (by Lebrun and Jerry Ryan) of the most influential and controversial writings of Félicité de Lamennais, a French priest who began his career as a Traditionalist, became the founder of Liberal Catholicism in the early 1830s, and then left the Church after his ideas were condemned by Rome. Sylvain Milbach's comprehensive Introduction and Annotations place these writings in the context of the author's intellectual history and the political, religious, and intellectual situation in France in the first half of the 19th century. Lamennais challenged traditional religious, political, and social thinking, leaving a fiercely debated reputation. The writings translated here allow 21st-century readers to judge him for themselves.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology: Life and Publications of F. de Lamennais -- Introduction / Sylvain Milbach -- Selected Articles Published in L' Avenir -- Lamennais's First Article in L' Avenir -- On the Separation of Church and State -- L' Avenir's Doctrines -- On the Position of the French Church -- Declaration Presented to the Holy See -- On the Republic -- On the Interests and Duties of Catholics -- On Freedom -- On the Future of Society -- What Catholicism Will be in the New Society -- On Religious Freedom -- Act of Union -- Farewell from M. de Lamennais -- Words of a Believer -- Preface to Les Troisièmes Mélanges -- Book of the People -- On Modern Slavery -- Back Matter -- Index.