List of contributors Bio-bibliographies Acknowledgements Liberal Catholicism/Catholic Liberalism: A non-sense? Aude Attuel-Hallade (ed.), Institut Catholique d'Etudes Supérieures (ICES)/Sorbonne Université/Panthéon Sorbonne, France Part One - Theology, truth and the philosophy of history 1 Political Modernity-Christianity: Interpretative circles Bernard Bourdin , Institut Catholique de Paris, France 2 John Henry Newman, an anti-liberal? Frédéric Libaud, Université de Strasbourg, France 3 Edmund Burke, T.B. Macaulay, Lord Acton and the French Revolution: The Church, the State and the individual Aude Attuel-Hallade Part Two - Catholicism and liberty(/ies) 4 Liberties before liberalism: Ultramontane political thought in England, c. 1835-50 Colm O'Siochru, Dulwich College, London, UK 5 Historical and ecclesiological foundations of Spanish Catholic liberalism. From the Jansenist imprint to the Constitution of Cádiz of 1812 Bernard Callebat, Institut Catholique d'Etudes Supérieures (ICES), France 6 Between Sinai and Calvary: Spanish Catholicism in the face of freedom of worship in 1869 Francisco Javier Ramon Solans, Casa de Velàsquez/Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain Part Three - Temporal and spiritual power and education 7 Sin, grace and secular history: Pierre Paul Royer-Collard's criticism of the anti-sacrilege law of 1825 Daniele Giuseppe Palmer, King's College Cambridge, UK 8 'A free Church in a free state'. The relationship between Church and State in the thought of Charles de Montalembert Arthur Hérisson, Ecole française de Rome, Italy 9 J. H.

Newman facing the spirit of the day: A focus on the idea of education in the Victorian context Maud Besnard, Institut Catholique de Rennes, France Conclusion: Contested faith or contested liberty? - Contexts and strategies of Liberal Catholicism Peter Schröder, University College London (UCL), UK Bibliography Index of names.