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Informationen zum Autor Charles E. Curran! a Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Rochester! New York! is Elizabeth Scurlock University Professor of Human Values at Southern Methodist University. He was the first recipient of the John Courtney Murray Award for Theology and has served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America! the Society of Christian Ethics! and the American Theological Society. He is the author of Loyal Dissent: Memoir of a Catholic Theologian! The Moral Theology of Pope John Paul II! and Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A History! which won the 2008 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence in Theology and Religion. Klappentext Explores the social mission of the US Catholic Church from a theological perspective! analyzing and assessing four aspects: the importance of social mission! who carries it out! how it is carried out! and the roles that the Church and individual Catholics play in supporting these efforts. Zusammenfassung Explores the social mission of the US Catholic Church from a theological perspective! analyzing and assessing four aspects: the importance of social mission! who carries it out! how it is carried out! and the roles that the Church and individual Catholics play in supporting these efforts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Early Historical Context and Taking Care of Our Own 2. The Social Mission of the Church in the First Part of the Twentieth Century 3. The Understanding of the Church after Vatican II 4. Vatican II and a New Understanding of the Social Mission 5. Post-Vatican II Development of Three Earlier Instances of the Social Mission 6. Three Significant Issues in the Post-Vatican II Church 7. Roles of the Church in Supporting the Social Mission 8. U.S. Bishops and Abortion Law Conclusions: Looking Backward and Forward
