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Hope for common ground : mediating the personal and the political in a divided church /

Much like American society, the American Catholic Church is sharply divided: conservatives see government as the problem while liberals see government intervention as necessary. From the high point of Catholic consensus in the early 1960s with the election of John F. Kennedy, today Catholics in this...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rubio, Julie Hanlon (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2016]
Series:Moral traditions series.
Subjects:
Christian sociology > Catholic Church.
Christian sociology > United States.
Social ethics > United States.
Church and social problems > Catholic Church.
Church and social problems > United States.
Christianity and politics > Catholic Church.
Christianity and politics > United States.
Christian sociology.
Christianity and politics.
Church and social problems.
Social ethics.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Reasons for Hope in a Divided Church
  • Part I. Foundations for Common Ground. Chapter One. Faithful Citizenship : Is There Hope for Politics? Chapter Two. Cooperation with Evil: Personal Responsibility for Social Problems. Chapter Three: Why Bother to Act Locally?
  • Part II. Cases. Chapter Four. What Does It Mean to Be Pro-Marriage? Chapter Five. Poverty Reduction : a Social Virtue Ethic. Chapter Six. Abortion : Toward Cooperation with Good. Chapter Seven. End of Life Care : Enabling Better Practices of Dying. Conclusion : Francis and Ferguson.