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Democracy, Culture, Catholicism : Voices from Four Continents /

The dynamic interplay of democracy, culture, and Catholicism in the contemporary world is analyzed in twenty-three essays focused on four diverse countries: Indonesia, Lithuania, Peru, and the United States. The three-way relationship between democracy, culture, and Catholicism in these countries re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Crowley-Buck, John (Editor ), Schuck, Michael Joseph, 1953- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Introduction; LITHUANIAN VOICES; Democracy and Catholicism in Twentieth-Century Lithuania; A Theological Reading of the Lithuanian Church during the Soviet Period: Martyria, Koinonia, Diakonia, and Leiturgia; Traumatized Society, Democracy, and Religious Faith: The Lithuanian Experience; Christianity and Politics in Post-Soviet Lithuania: Between Totalitarian Experience and Democracy; Montaigne, Julian, and "Others": The Quest for Peaceful Coexistence in Public Space; INDONESIAN VOICES; Catholics in Indonesia and the Struggle for Democracy.
  • Musyawarah and Democratic Lay Catholic Leadership in Indonesia: The Ongoing Legacy of John Dijkstra, SJ, and Ikatan Petani PancasilaThe Influence of Catholic Social Teaching on the Democratic Practice of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Study from Indonesia; The Performing Art of Kethoprak and the Democratic "Power to Will" in Indonesia; Alter/native Democracies: Muslim and Catholic Negotiations of Culture, Religion, and Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century; Comparative Insights Regarding Religion and Democracy in a Muslim Context; PERUVIAN VOICES.
  • The Relationship of Patronage and Legitimacy between the Catholic Church and the Peruvian StateCatholicism and the Struggle for Memory: Reflections on Peru; The Catholic Church, Indigenous Rights, and the Environment in the Peruvian Amazon Region; Religion as a Political Factor in Latin America: The Peruvian Case; The Catholic Church and the Leftist Populist Regimes of Latin America: Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia; US VOICES; Roman Catholic Sisters and the Cultivation of Citizenship in the United States: Rich and Contentious Legacies.
  • "First Be Reconciled": Restorative Justice and Deliberative DemocracyAccess to Information: Citizenship, Representative Democracy, and Catholic Social Thought; Foundations of Human Rights: The Work of Francisco de Vitoria, OP; GLOBAL INTERPRETATIONS; Rendering unto Caesar? State Regulation of Religion and the Role of Catholicism in Democratic Transitions and Consolidation in Predominantly Catholic Countries; Civil Discourse and Religion in Transitional Democracies: The Cases of Lithuania, Peru, and Indonesia; Epilogue on Democracy, Culture, Catholicism; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors.