Catholic Social Imagination - Activism and the Just Society in Mexico and the United States

Informationen zum Autor Joseph M. Palacios is assistant professor of sociology and Latin American studies at Georgetown University. Klappentext Aims to give readers a feeling for what it means to be Catholic and put one's faith into action. Tracing the practices of a group of parishioners in Oakland! California! and another in Guadalajara! this work reveals parallels - and contrasts - in the ways these ordinary Catholics receive and act on a church doctrine that emphasizes social justice. Zusammenfassung Aims to give readers a feeling for what it means to be Catholic and put one's faith into action. Tracing the practices of a group of parishioners in Oakland! California! and another in Guadalajara! this work reveals parallels - and contrasts - in the ways these ordinary Catholics receive and act on a church doctrine that emphasizes social justice.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph M. Palacios, PALACIOS JOSEPH M
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2007
• EAN: 9780226645018
• ISBN: 978-0-226-64501-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Morality and Society (Paperbac; Morality and Society Series; Morality and Society Series (CHUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research