02960nam 2200637 a 450 991045220560332120200520144314.01-58901-397-21-4356-2716-4(CKB)1000000000482460(EBL)547796(OCoLC)648711574(SSID)ssj0000229344(PQKBManifestationID)11198481(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000229344(PQKBWorkID)10187655(PQKB)11671272(MiAaPQ)EBC547796(OCoLC)191902009(MdBmJHUP)muse15236(Au-PeEL)EBL547796(CaPaEBR)ebr10236742(EXLCZ)99100000000048246020050919d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrProphetic & public[electronic resource] the social witness of U.S. Catholicism /Kristin E. HeyerWashington, D.C. Georgetown University Pressc20061 online resource (249 p.)Moral traditions seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-58901-082-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-218) and index.Introduction -- Public theology in contemporary U.S. civil society -- Catholic foundations of public theology and political participation -- Divergences within American Catholic social ethics : J. Bryan Hehir and Michael Baxter, C.S.C. -- Catholic political advocacy in the contemporary U.S. context -- Catholic public theology for the twenty-first century.The United States was founded on a commitment to religious tolerance. Based on this commitment, it has become one of the most religiously diverse and religiously observant liberal democracies in the world. Inherent in this political reality is the question, What is the appropriate relationship between religious beliefs and public life? This is not a new question, but in contemporary U.S. politics it has become a particularly insistent one. In this intelligent, wide-ranging book, Kristin Heyer provides new and nuanced answers.Prophetic and Public employs the discourse of public theology to consMoral traditions series.Prophetic and publicChristian sociologyCatholic ChurchChurch and social problemsUnited StatesChurch and social problemsCatholic ChurchElectronic books.Christian sociologyCatholic Church.Church and social problemsChurch and social problemsCatholic Church.261.8088/28273Heyer Kristin E.1974-937167MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452205603321Prophetic & public2110769UNINA