Catholic literary revival
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The Catholic literary revival was a 19th- and 20th-century movement in which Catholic writers produced intellectually rigorous, artistically ambitious works that explored faith, morality, and modernity within a distinctly Catholic imaginative and theological framework.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Catholic literary revival canonical | 6 |
| American Catholic intellectual tradition | 1 |
| American Catholic literature | 1 |
| Catholic literary criticism | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Catholic literary revival Context triple: [Flannery O'Connor, movement, Catholic literary revival]
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Catholic traditionalism
Catholic traditionalism is a movement within the Catholic Church that emphasizes adherence to pre-Vatican II liturgy, doctrine, and devotional practices, often favoring the Latin Mass and traditional moral teachings.
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Old Catholicism
Old Catholicism is a Christian tradition that split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century, maintaining Catholic liturgy and sacraments while rejecting papal infallibility and emphasizing synodality and theological openness.
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Literature and Revolution
Literature and Revolution is Leon Trotsky’s influential 1920s work of literary criticism that analyzes the relationship between art, culture, and socialist revolution.
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Counter-Reformation
The Counter-Reformation was the Roman Catholic Church’s reform and revival movement in the 16th and 17th centuries that responded to Protestantism through doctrinal clarification, internal renewal, and efforts to reclaim followers.
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Renaissance humanism
Renaissance humanism was an intellectual movement of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance that emphasized the study of classical antiquity, human potential, and secular learning, laying foundations for modern Western thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Catholic literary revival Target entity description: The Catholic literary revival was a 19th- and 20th-century movement in which Catholic writers produced intellectually rigorous, artistically ambitious works that explored faith, morality, and modernity within a distinctly Catholic imaginative and theological framework.
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A.
Catholic traditionalism
Catholic traditionalism is a movement within the Catholic Church that emphasizes adherence to pre-Vatican II liturgy, doctrine, and devotional practices, often favoring the Latin Mass and traditional moral teachings.
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B.
Old Catholicism
Old Catholicism is a Christian tradition that split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century, maintaining Catholic liturgy and sacraments while rejecting papal infallibility and emphasizing synodality and theological openness.
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C.
Literature and Revolution
Literature and Revolution is Leon Trotsky’s influential 1920s work of literary criticism that analyzes the relationship between art, culture, and socialist revolution.
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D.
Counter-Reformation
The Counter-Reformation was the Roman Catholic Church’s reform and revival movement in the 16th and 17th centuries that responded to Protestantism through doctrinal clarification, internal renewal, and efforts to reclaim followers.
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E.
Renaissance humanism
Renaissance humanism was an intellectual movement of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance that emphasized the study of classical antiquity, human potential, and secular learning, laying foundations for modern Western thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic cultural movement
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literary movement ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
demonstrate compatibility of Catholicism and high art
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engage modern philosophical and cultural questions ⓘ present Catholic worldview as intellectually credible ⓘ rearticulate Catholic faith in modern literary forms ⓘ |
| endTime | 20th century ⓘ |
| field |
cultural criticism
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literature ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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essay ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ novel ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
apologetic dimension
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artistically ambitious ⓘ dialogue with secular thought ⓘ engagement with modern culture ⓘ explicitly Catholic perspective ⓘ intellectually rigorous ⓘ moral seriousness ⓘ sacramental imagination ⓘ theological depth ⓘ use of traditional Christian symbolism ⓘ |
| hasMainTopic |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
Christian literature ⓘ faith and reason ⓘ imagination ⓘ modernity ⓘ morality ⓘ religion and literature ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Catholic theological framework
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Christian humanism ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Catholic fiction
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Catholic drama ⓘ Catholic literary revival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic literary criticism
Catholic poetry ⓘ Christian intellectual life in the 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Counter-Reformation
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surface form:
Catholic Counter-Reformation
Enlightenment critique of religion ⓘ Romanticism ⓘ Neo-scholasticism ⓘ
surface form:
Thomism
modernist crisis in the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| movementType |
intellectual renewal movement
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religious literary revival ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| startTime | 19th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Catholic literary revival Description of subject: The Catholic literary revival was a 19th- and 20th-century movement in which Catholic writers produced intellectually rigorous, artistically ambitious works that explored faith, morality, and modernity within a distinctly Catholic imaginative and theological framework.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
American Catholic intellectual tradition
this entity surface form:
Catholic literary criticism
subject surface form:
Francis Thompson
subject surface form:
Lepanto
this entity surface form:
American Catholic literature