Prophetic & public : the social witness of U.S. Catholicism / / Kristin E. Heyer

• Autore: Heyer Kristin E. <1974->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 261.8088/28273
• Soggetto topico: Christian sociology - Catholic Church; Church and social problems - United States; Church and social problems - Catholic Church
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-218) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 cons
• Altri titoli varianti: Prophetic and public
• Titolo autorizzato: Prophetic & public
• ISBN: 9781589013971; 1589013972; 9781435627161; 1435627164
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957147203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Moral traditions series.