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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790875703321

Autore

Hughson D. Thomas

Titolo

Connecting Jesus to social justice : classical christology and public theology / / Thomas Hughson, S.J

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2013

ISBN

1-4422-2396-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Disciplina

261.8088/282

Soggetti

Social justice - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Theology, Doctrinal

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Public Theology; 2 An Illustrative Problem; 3 Is It Really a Problem?; 4 Christological Solution; 5 Christological Solution; 6 Public Theology; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Connecting Jesus to Social Justice argues a doctrinally traditional, orthodox basis for Christian participation in the public sphere on behalf of social justice. The book addresses a situation internal to churches in the U.S. from a Catholic perspective yet not without analogies in other churches and Christian movements. This book is a contributive, as well as distributive, idea of social justice from Catholic social teaching. The chapters take into account discussion on the public sphere and propose a theologically-principled, ecumenical a