The social mission of the U.S. Catholic Church a theological perspective /

The social mission of the U.S. Catholic Church a theological perspective /

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Main Author: Curran, Charles E.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2011.
Series:Moral traditions series.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > United States > History.
Church work > United States > History.
Christian sociology > United States > History.
Church work > Catholic Church > History.
Christian sociology > Catholic Church > History.
United States > Church history.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Early historical context and taking care of our own
  • The social mission of the Church in the first part of the twentieth century
  • The understanding of the Church after Vatican II
  • Vatican II and a new understanding of the social mission
  • Post-Vatican II developments of three earlier instances of the social mission
  • Three significant issues in the post-Vatican II Church
  • Roles of the Church in supporting the social mission
  • U.S. bishops and abortion law
  • Conclusions : looking backward and forward.

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