CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Venckaitis, Gvidas |
|---|---|
| Title | Between Democracy and Authoritarianism: Political Catholicism in interwar Lithuania |
| Summary | The Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party was one of most principal examples of political Catholicism in interwar Europe. Together with other confessional parties, which emerged in a significant part of Europe in the 1920’s, it constituted a distinct political force, in many ways, hostile to both liberal and fascist sates. The author of this paper analyzes the evolution of political Catholicism in Lithuania by focusing on its stance held towards liberal structures and radical politics throughout the interwar years. In addition, an asymmetrical comparison between analogous Catholic political movements in Europe is made in order illustrate distinct trends of the Lithuanian case. The paper reveals that rather early radicalization of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party, still unusual for the Catholic politics in the mid 1920’s, was one of the distinguished features of political Catholicism. |
| Supervisor | Janowski, Maciej |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/venckaitits_gvidas.pdf |
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