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Understanding the Catholic Church’s Evolving Role in World Affairs

Publications

Book July 27, 2016

Religion, Authority, and the State: From Constantine to the Contemporary World

This volume explores the conflictual relationship between religions and government that has followed Constantine's grant of freedom of religion to Christians. The book specifically addresses discrepancies between legal protections found in constitutions and actual government practice with regard to religion-state relations.

Article May 1, 2016

Jesuit Higher Education and the Global Common Good

This chapter by Thomas Banchoff, published in The Jesuits and Globalization, tracks the evolution of the global and civic dimensions of Jesuit higher education through the three successive phases of globalization: the early modern, modern, and contemporary.
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