The social mission of the U.S. Catholic Church a theological perspective /

Main Author: Curran, Charles E.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2011.
Series:Moral traditions series
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10442274
Table of Contents:
  • Early historical context and taking care of our own
  • The social mission of the Church in the first part of the twentieth century
  • The understanding of the Church after Vatican II
  • Vatican II and a new understanding of the social mission
  • Post-Vatican II developments of three earlier instances of the social mission
  • Three significant issues in the post-Vatican II Church
  • Roles of the Church in supporting the social mission
  • U.S. bishops and abortion law
  • Conclusions : looking backward and forward.