Catholic Patriotism and Suffering in the Wartime Letters of the Belgian Mystic Berthe Petit

This article focuses on the use of patriotic feelings and shared experiences of suffering to promote a new devotion. Studying her wartime letter-writing campaign, we examine the strategies that the Belgian mystic Berthe Petit (1870-1943) adopted to promote the devotion of the Sorrowful and Immaculat...

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Main Author: Osselaer, Tine van (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Amsterdam University Press 2020
In: Trajecta
Year: 2020, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 161-189
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBD Benelux countries
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBJ Mariology
Further subjects:B Belgium
B Mysticism
B World War I
B Suffering
B Devotion
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