Catholicism and Liberalism

Zusammenfassung Liberalism and Catholicism are two of the most important forces shaping the contemporary political culture of the USA. This book explores what is at stake as they encounter each other in new contexts today. This book has relevance to debates about the future of liberalism and Catholicism elsewhere. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Part I. Historical Conflicts and Developments: 1. The failed encounter: the Catholic Church and liberalism in the nineteenth century Peter Steinfels; 2. American Catholics and liberalism, 1789-1960 Philip Gleason; 3. Vatican II and the encounter between Catholicism and liberalism Joseph A. Komonchak; 4. Liberalism after the good times: the 'End of History' in historical perspective R. Bruce Douglass; Part II. New Encounters and Theoretical Reconstructions: 5. A communitarian reconstruction of human rights David Hollenbach; 6. Catholic social thought, the city, and liberal America Jean Bethke Elshtain; 7. The common good and the open society Louis Dupre; 8. Catholic classics in American liberal culture David Tracy; Part III. Practices and Institutions: 9. Catholicism and liberal democracy Paul E. Sigmund; 10. Feminism, liberalism, and Catholicism Mary C. Segers; 11. The family, liberalism, and Catholic social teaching Laura Gellot; 12. Rights of persons in the Church James Provost; Afterword: a community of freedom; Index.

Product details

• Authors: R. Bruce Douglass, David Hollenbach
• Assisted by: R. Bruce Douglass (Editor), David Hollenbach (Editor), Hollenbach David (Editor), Robin W. Lovin (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.04.2002
• EAN: 9780521892452
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89245-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 230 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Religion; Cambridge Studies in Religion and American Public Life
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; USA, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, United States of America, USA, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church