Postsecular Catholicism - Relevance and Renewal

Postsecular Catholicism examines how secular realities and doctrinal ideas intersect in the lives of American Catholics in the Pope Francis era, and in the Church's articulation of its teachings on sexual and family morality, gender, and economic and social inclusion.

List of contents

• Acknowledgments


• 1: Contrite Modernity, Contrite Catholicism


• 2: Postsecular American Catholics - Autonomy, Irony, and Fractured Solidarity


• 3: The Church's Postsecular Moment


• 4: The Church's Dilemma - Sex and Gender


• 5: Religious Freedom - The US bishops and the Shock of the Secular


• 6: The Synod on the Family - The Church's Dialogue with Difference


• 7: Catholicism - A Continuous Dialogue of Doctrinal Ideas and Secular Realities

About the author

Michele Dillon is Class of 1944 Professor of Sociology at the University of New Hampshire.

Summary

Postsecular Catholicism examines how secular realities and doctrinal ideas intersect in the lives of American Catholics in the Pope Francis era, and in the Church's articulation of its teachings on sexual and family morality, gender, and economic and social inclusion.

Additional text

Dillon's thesis is compelling. The analysis of Pope Francis' discourse would be of particular interest to the social theory audience.

Product details

• Authors: Michele Dillon, Michele (Professor of Sociology Dillon, Dillon Michele
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780190693008
• ISBN: 978-0-19-069300-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Religion & politics, Religious issues & debates, Sociology & anthropology, Religion and Politics, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Sociology and anthropology, Religious issues and debates