In early twentieth-century France, a vast network of artists, writers, and religious seekers were drawn to Roman Catholicism s elaborate panoply of symbols centered on suffering. A preoccupation with affliction dominated the movement now known as the French Catholic revival, or the renouveau catholique considered a watershed in the history of the modern Catholic Church and the golden age of French Catholicism. In Sacred Dread, Brenna Moore examines the life and writings of Raissa Maritain (1883-1960), one of the few women to contribute to this intellectual movement. Moore...
In early twentieth-century France, a vast network of artists, writers, and religious seekers were drawn to Roman Catholicism s elaborate panoply of...
