The social mission of the U.S. Catholic Church [electronic resource] : a theological perspective / Charles E. Curran.

By:

Curran, Charles E

Contributor(s):

Project Muse

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Moral traditions series | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2011. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xi, 196 p. )Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781589017641
1589017641

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

DDC classification:

253.088/2820904 22

LOC classification:

BX2347 .C87 2011

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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 development 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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