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Sociology and Catholic Social Teaching: Contemporary Theory and
Research contains essays by key scholars in the territory where
Catholic social thought and secular sociology meet, and offers a
much needed alternative to the relativism and individualism that so
often characterize social scientific analysis today. Contributors
to this volume argue that Catholic social teaching, as articulated
so powerfully today in recent papal encyclicals and major
summations such as the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the
Church, offers a powerful moral framework for addressing today s
pressing social problems. This is especially true since many of its
tenets find solid support in social scientific research on the
nature of the person and the workings of culture and social
institutions. Sponsored by the Society of Catholic Social
Scientists, and including work by sociologists from both the
Society and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, this volume
is offered in the spirit of Pope John Paul II s exhortation to draw
from contemporary social science whatever can help the Church
better understand contemporary social issues and trends and thus
better serve humanity. Specific articles address such topics as the
Church as a virtual nation in the international arena; changing
cultural norms regarding deviance; the historical and contemporary
relationship between Catholicism and mainstream academic sociology;
empirical support for a natural law perspective on family
relations; the social psychology of happiness and moral behavior
among emerging adults; the sociology of knowledge from a
distinctively Catholic perspective; and how the principles of
subsidiarity and solidarity can be used to analyze and evaluate the
functioning of institutions like the family, education and the
state. Each author also offers some autobiographical reflections on
how they relate sociology and their life of Faith. This anthology
will interest scholars in both sociology and Catholic social
thought, as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate students in
these areas."
The two original volumes of the Encyclopedia of Catholic Social
Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy were published in 2007.
Those two volumes included 848 entries from nearly 300 contributors
and included a wide range of entries in three general categories:
entries exploring Catholic social thought at a theoretical level,
entries reflecting the learning of various social science and
humanistic disciplines as this learning relates to Catholic social
thought, and entries examining specific social policy questions.
This third, supplemental volume continues the approach of the
original two. First, the volume includes entries that explore
Catholic social thought at its broadest, most theoretical level;
for example, an entry on Pope Benedict s important social
encyclical Caritas in Veritate. Second, the volume includes entries
that discuss recent social science research that bears on issues
important to Catholic social thought; for example, an entry on the
social costs of pornography draws on recent research on the topic.
Third, the volume includes entries discussing specific issues of
social policy that have become increasingly important in recent
years; for example, an entry on embryo adoption and/or rescue. This
third volume contains 202 entirely new entries from over 100
contributors.The contributors include distinguished scholars such
as Father Robert John Araujo, S.J. (Loyola University of Chicago),
Father Kevin L. Flannery, S.J. (Gregorian University), Robert P.
George (Princeton University), William E. May (John Paul Institute
and the Culture of Life Foundation), D. Q. McInerny (Our Lady of
Guadalupe Seminary), and Michael Novak (Ave Maria University). The
work will appeal to anyone who is looking for a clear and accurate
introduction to Catholic social thought."
In Bright Promise, Failed Community, respected Catholic sociologist
Joseph Varacalli describes how and why Catholic America has
essentially failed to shape the American Republic in any
significant way. American society has never experienced a 'Catholic
moment' the closest it came was during the immediate post-World War
II era nor is it now close to approximating one. Varacalli
identifies as the cause of the current situation the 'failed
community' of Catholic America: an ineffective and dissent-ridden
set of organizational arrangements that has not succeeded in
adequately communicating the social doctrine of the Church to
Catholic Americans or to the key idea-generating sectors of
American life. The 'bright promise' of Catholic America lies in the
long and still developing tradition of social Catholicism. With a
revitalized, orthodox, sophisticated community to serve as the
carrier of Catholic social doctrine, Varacalli sees trends of
thought that would propose viable alternatives to philosophies and
ideologies that currently dominate the American public sphere-ones
that would thus have a formidable impact on American society."
This volume in the American Religious Experience series chronicles
the history and present situation of the Catholic Church and the
American Catholic subculture in the United States. Catholics have
had a long history in America, and they have often had conflicting
demands - should they remain loyal to the authority of the pope in
Rome, or should they become more accommodating to American culture
and society? The Catholic Experience in America combines
historical, sociological, philosophical, and theological and
religious scholarship to provide the reader with an overview of the
general trends of American Catholic history, without
over-simplifying the complex nature of that history. The Catholic
Experience in America examines many different aspects of what it's
like to be a Catholic in United States today: Discusses the
diversity of Catholicism within the Church, including the issues of
race, ethnicity, and gender BLAddresses major turning points in
American Catholic history, and how they have affected the everyday
experience of American Catholics, such as immigration and nativism,
the separation of church and state, and the election of John
Kennedy as president. BLExamines how the Church has handled such
contemporary issues as homosexuality, birth control and abortion,
and religious education Provides a historical analysis of the rise
and fall of a Catholic subculture capable of providing a Catholic
religious identity in America The volume includes several
appendices to further the readers understanding of the Catholic
experience in America, including brief discussions of key documents
and Church organizations, a glossary of terms, and basic
demographic and statistical information.
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