War and Faith

The Catholic Church in Slovenia, 1914-1918

Drawing on the themes of religious rhetoric, embedded in social and political contexts, this study offers new insights into the manners in which the Catholic Church helped mould the Slovenians' responses to WWI and reconsiders the reasons for the clergy's political actions amid tensions, which resulted in the Habsburg empire's collapse.

The Church faced a dilemma when transmitting patriotic calls to defend Slovenian homeland as the enemy's forces consisted predominantly of Catholics; Ch. three addresses the Church's interpretation of suffering and sacrifice, while further ...