Empire of Souls by Stefania Tutino
Robert Bellarmine was one of the most celebrated figures in post-Reformation Catholicism. One of the most original theologians and political theorists of his time, he participated directly in many of the political conflicts that agitated Europe between the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century. His most influential work concerned the role of the papacy. Although some have criticized Bellarmine's position as weak or inconsistent, Stefania Tutino defends it as a highly effective and original argument against an increasingly secularized understanding of political authority. She argues that Bellarmine provided the Catholic Church with new theoretical tools to respond to the progressive strengthening of the authority of early modern monarchies, by reaffirming its transnational absolute domination. Tutino's approach to Bellarmine and his influence moves beyond earlier scholarship concerned with the internal dynamics of the Catholic Church and instead examines the interplay between ecclesiastical, religious, intellectual, and political history. Her book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the role of theological arguments in early modern political thought and the role of the Catholic Church in the political history of early modern Europe.
an important contribution to and arguably necessary for studies of Bellarmine and of early modern Catholicism * Orlando OEspín, Journal of the American Academy of Religion *
Stefania Tutino is emerging as one of the more influential younger scholars on Catholic political theory ca. 1600, and her most recent book is yet another valuable contribution to this area of research. * Marcus Friedrich, Sixteenth Century Journal *
Stefania Tutino is emerging as one of the more influential younger scholars on Catholic political theory ca. 1600, and her most recent book is yet another valuable contribution to this area of research. * Marcus Friedrich, Sixteenth Century Journal *
Stefania Tutino completed her Ph. D. in early modern history at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, in 2003. She has been an Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral fellow at UCLA, and now is Professor of Early Modern History at UCLA.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199740536 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199740534 |
| Title | Empire of Souls |
| Author | Stefania Tutino |
| Series | Oxford Studies In Historical Theology |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2010-11-11 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
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