Résumé

Anti-Catholicism is both a concept and a lived experience which has always been inherently transnational in its opposition to an international Church with universal designs. Writing its history from a transatlantic angle is meant to contribute to the narratives of national imaginaries. As an ideology, it was first exported from Britain to the colonies in the late sixteenth century. There it developed a life of its own, even as it was fuelled by newcomers from the other side of the Atlantic. This special issue adopts a political and ideological approach to anti-Catholicism, thus bringing to light new perspectives. The different contributions showcase four categories. First, there was a ‘universal politico-theological anti-Catholicism,’ based on the traditional Reformed critique of Rome as a political and illiberal entity; second, there developed a polymorphous ‘malleable anti-Catholicism’; third, there existed an ‘imperio-political anti-Catholicism’; and fourth, there arose an ‘interconnected secular anti-Catholicism.’

 Format : En ligne
 Aut·eur·rice(s) : Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille, Geraldine Vaughan (dir.)
 Éditeur : Wiley
 Collection : Journal of Religious History
 Pays : États-Unis
 Date : 21/12/2025
 Support numérique : Wiley Online Library
 Langue(s) :  eng