Invisible Umbrella of American Bishops: Aid for the Catholic University of Lublin in the Early Cold War Context
As a result of the Second World War and the subsequent expansion of communism, the Catholic community in Poland was divided into the faithful who remained in the country and those in political exile. Paradoxically, this division created the conditions for the emergence of global networks aimed at or...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
The Catholic University of America Press
2022
|
| In: |
The catholic historical review
Year: 2022, Volume: 108, Issue: 3, Pages: 534-559 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski
/ Poles
/ Catholic church
/ Financial aid
/ USA
/ Bishop
/ East-West conflict
/ History 1945-1981
|
| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBK Europe (East) KBQ North America KDB Roman Catholic Church RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Polish Catholics in exile
B Cold War B US episcopate B Catholic University of Lublin |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | As a result of the Second World War and the subsequent expansion of communism, the Catholic community in Poland was divided into the faithful who remained in the country and those in political exile. Paradoxically, this division created the conditions for the emergence of global networks aimed at organizing aid to Catholics in Poland. A special case was the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), a unique institution of higher learning for the Catholic elite in Poland. Though its existence was threatened many times, thanks to external aid coming from Catholics in the West, and organized by Polish émigrés together with e.g. the American hierarchy, the university survived and even gained international recognition. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2022.0064 |