Catholic Social Activism : Progressive Movements in the United States /

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Many Americans assume that the Catholic Church is inherently conservative, based on its stances on abortion, contraception, and divorce. Yet there is a longstanding tradition of progressive Catholic movements in the United States that have addressed a variety of issues from labor, war, immigration,...

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Autor principal: Nepstad, Sharon Erickson (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Katholische Kirche
Catholic Church.
Catholic Church > United States.
Soziales Engagement
Katholizismus
Katholische Soziallehre
Engagement
Church and social problems > Catholic Church.
Christian sociology > Catholic Church.
RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic.
USA
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dignity and just treatment of workers
  • Peace, nonviolence, and disarmament
  • Equality for women and Catholic feminism
  • Liberation theology and the Central America solidarity movement
  • Compassion for immigrants and the sanctuary movements
  • Earth ethics and American Catholic environmentalism
  • Conclusion : contributions of progressive US Catholic movements.

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