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- Title
The power politics of the Holy See: the church, the state, and its citizens.
- Authors
Kelly, Bryan P.
- Abstract
This paper examines the Holy See as a political actor amid hard power conflict. While many debate the legal and religious personalities of the Holy See, few engage with an approach that illustrates the Holy See and its citizen-like laity in light of its combinative religious–political dynamic. This paper argues that resulting from this dynamic, the Holy See's sui generis statehood enables the comprehension of a similar sui generis citizenry. These citizens, which this paper labels pseudo-citizens, are the result of connections between the recognized sovereignty of the Holy See and its role over the Roman Catholic Church. This paper examines this connection contextually amid the Holy See's interaction with the underlying international moral framework on just conflict and the protective motivating factors associated with its pseudo-citizens. This motivation is consistent with historical Holy See positions, and is significant for understanding the Holy See's approach amid future hard power events.
- Subjects
POWER (Social sciences); PAPACY; CITIZENSHIP; JUST war doctrine; SOVEREIGNTY; SOFT power (Social sciences)
- Publication
Politics & Religion, 2023, Vol 16, Issue 4, p682
- ISSN
1755-0483
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S175504832300024X