02974oam 22004574a 450 991015953180332120180817105047.094-6166-211-4(CKB)3710000001012301(MiAaPQ)EBC4777077(OCoLC)967982656(MdBmJHUP)muse57809(EXLCZ)99371000000101230120150403d2015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Intimate. Polity and the Catholic Church Laws about Life, Death and the Family in So-called Catholic Countries /Karel Dobbelaere & Alfonso Perez-Agote (eds.)Leuven, Belgium :Leuven University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (224 pages) illustrationsKADOC studies on religion, culture and society1594-6270-027-3 Includes bibliographical references.Introduction / Karel Dobbelaere and Alfonso Perez-Agote -- Euthanasia and the Belgian Catholic world / Liliane Voye and Karel Dobbelaere -- "Marriage pour tous" : the same-sex marriage controversy in France / Celine Beraud and Philippe Portier -- The Italian Catholic Church and the artifcial-insemination referendum / Annalisa Frisina, Franco Garelli, Enzo Pace, and Roberto Scalon -- Ethical challenges of the Catholic Church in Portugal : the case of same-sex marriage / Helena Vilaca and Maria Joao Oliveira -- The Catholic Church faces ethical challenges in Spain : the regulation of abortion / Alfonso Perez-Agote, Jose Santiago and Antonio Montanes -- Comparative synthesis / Karel Dobbelaere, Alfonso Perez-Agote and Celine Beraud.In this book, the authors analyse the full spectrum of the issue, including the emergence of such laws; the political discussions; the standpoints defended in the media by professionals, ethicists, and politicians; the votes in the parliaments; the political interventions of the Episcopal conferences; and the attitude of professionals. As a result the reader understands what was at stake and the differences in actions of the various Episcopal conferences. The authors also analyse the pro and con evaluations among the civil population of such actions by the Church. Finally, in a comparative synthesis, they discuss the public positions taken by Pope Francis to evaluate if a change in Church policy might be possible in the near future.KADOC studies on religion, culture and society ;15.Electronic books. 28208.45bclPérez-Agote Alfonso1249216Dobbelaere Karel183268Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven (1970- )MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910159531803321The Intimate. Polity and the Catholic Church2895019UNINA