The Pope's Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War (German and European Studies) - Softcover

Jacques Kornberg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1442628286 ISBN 13: 9781442628281

Publisher: Toronto University Press, 2015

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Review:

"Kornberg, professor emeritus of history at the University of Toronto, has given us an original and balanced analysis of Pius XII's moral leadership that is as compelling as a novel. It will inspire much thought about dilemmas of church-state conflicts that we face in our increasingly war-struck world."

- Nancy L. Roberts - Catholic News Service, October 12, 2015

'Upon reading Kornberg's record of Pius XII's response to German genocidal acts, one understands Francis's logic in terms clear and astonishing.'

- Norman Ravvin - The Canadian Jewish News, January 4, 2016

'Kornberg's work represents a monumental compilation of materials, both primary and secondary sources, reflecting a lifetime of study on the role that organized religion plays in our world.'

- Beth A. Griech-Polelle - Contemporary Church History Quarterly vol 21:04:2015

'This is a well-researched, meticulously argued scholarly treatment of Pius XII's wartime legacy.'

- J.P. Blosser - Choice Magazine vol 53:03:2015

'In this study, Kornberg offers a refreshingly different perspective on the motivation of Pius XII, which has not been explained satisfactorily by other historians.'

- Peter C. Kent - The Catholic Historical Review vol 102:04:2016

'The volume reflects the author's singular mastery of five decades of literature, exploiting the published documentary collections as well as recent scholarship that presents archival material available only for the last fifteen years.'

- Mark Edward Ruff - Holocaust and Genocide Studies vol 30:03:2016

'Jacques Kornberg has crafted a masterfully researched, carefully argued, highly readable scholarly monograph that adds greatly to the historical literature concerning Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust.'

- Richard Gribble - Canadian Journal of History vol 52:01:2017

'A meticulous and careful study of the career of the twentieth century's most controversial pope and a significant contribution to the debate over the Catholic Church's wartime attitude and legacy.'

- Andrea Di Stefano - Journal of Church and State vol 59:02:2017

"Pope Pius XII occupies the center of one of the great historical (and historiographical) controversies of our time. His relationship to the fascist regimes and his conduct during the holocaust remain the subjects of ongoing, well-reasoned, and often painful arguments. In The Pope's Dilemma: PiusXII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War, Jacques Kornberg carefully and with an admirably even hand traces many of the polemics surrounding the pontiff. "

- Roy Domenico - The American Historical Review, Volume 123, Issue 1, 1 February 2018

About the Author:

Jacques Kornberg is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Toronto.

About this edition

• Publisher: Toronto University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1442628286
• ISBN 13: 9781442628281
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392