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Jay P. Corrin - Catholic Progressives in England after Vatican II - 9780268023102 - V9780268023102
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Catholic Progressives in England after Vatican II

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Description for Catholic Progressives in England after Vatican II Paperback. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 716.

In Catholic Progressives in England after Vatican II, Jay P. Corrin traces the evolution of Catholic social and theological thought from the end of World War II through the 1960s that culminated in Vatican Council II. He focuses on the emergence of reformist thinking as represented by the Council and the corresponding responses triggered by the Church's failure to expand the promises, or expectations, of reform to the satisfaction of Catholics on the political left, especially in Great Britain. The resistance of the Roman Curia, the clerical hierarchy, and many conservative lay men and women to reform was challenged in ... Read more

This effort was spearheaded by members of the English Catholic New Left, who launched a path-breaking journal of ideas called Slant. What made Slant revolutionary was its success in developing a coherent philosophy of revolution based on a synthesis of the “New Theology” fueling Vatican II and the New Left’s Marxist critique of capitalism. Although the English Catholic New Left failed to meet their revolutionary objectives, their bold and imaginative efforts inspired many younger Catholics who had despaired of connecting their faith to contemporary social, political, and economic issues. Corrin’s analysis of the periodical and of such notable contributors as Terry Eagleton and Herbert McCabe explains the importance of Slant and its associated group within the context of twentieth-century English Catholic liberal thought and action.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
536
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268023102
SKU
V9780268023102
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About Jay P. Corrin
Jay P. Corrin is professor of social sciences at Boston University. His book Catholic Intellectuals and the Challenge of Democracy (University of Notre Dame Press, 2002) won the American Catholic Historical Association’s John Gilmary Shea Prize in 2003.

Reviews for Catholic Progressives in England after Vatican II
"In Catholic Progressives in England after Vatican II, Jay P. Corrin situates the journal Slant within the broad sweep of reformist Catholic thinkers and actors across the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Drawing upon an impressive range of primary and secondary sources, both scholarly and journalistic, Corrin illuminates the journal's pivotal role in English Catholic liberal thought and action ... Read more

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