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The articles in this issue collectively help to illuminate phenomena and experiences of the Christian Churches between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, focusing on important themes such as modernism and anti-modernism, the growing prominence of women, the socio-cultural and political relevance of Christianity in the United States of America, and the dramatic intertwining of war, peace, and ecumenism in the involvement of the Churches in the current Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

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CHRISTIAN CHURCHES BETWEEN THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES

Editorial
Claus Arnold, Valentina Ciciliot, Giovanni Vian

Czech Catholic Modernism
The Renewal of Catholic Literature Combined with Social and Ecclesiastical Reform
Tomáš Petráček

Reimagining Religious Life and Social Apostolate
The Case of the Auxiliaires de lʼApostolat
Maite De Beukeleer, Karen Kennes, Dries Bosschaert

Neoconservatives’ Reading of Catholic Social Teaching
The Political Debate Over the Encyclical Centesimus Annus
Fulvia Dellavedova

Journey to Pragmatism: The History of the American Religious Right in the Nineties
Alberto Concina

Churches Before the Russian-Ukrainian War
Piercamillo Falivene