Catholicisme et culture américaine (années 1960-70) Résumé
Catholicisme et culture américaine (années 1960-70) Résumé (English): In the 1960s-70s, American culture began portraying Catholicism in conflicted, symbolic ways, mirroring church reforms and social upheavals. For example, The Exorcist (1973) shows the Church as a beleaguered last defense against evil, with priests waging “spiritual warfare” and stakes framed as heaven versus hell commonwealmagazine.org . Mafia films by Coppola and Scorsese mix Catholic imagery with crime: in The Godfather (1972), Michael Corleone renews his baptismal vows renouncing Satan at the very moment his men carry out murders medium.com , illustrating the paradox of faith and sin; likewise, Mean Streets (1973) depicts a young Italian-American torn between devout upbringing and mob life newsweek.com . Meanwhile, Catholics themselves were active and self-questioning: Vatican II’s changes and the 1960s’ cultural crisis unleashed a “new consciousness” that “everythin...