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The Social Mission of the U.S. Catholic Church
Charles E Curran
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Description for The Social Mission of the U.S. Catholic Church
Paperback. Explores the social mission of the US Catholic Church from a theological perspective, analyzing and assessing four aspects: the importance of social mission, who carries it out, how it is carried out, and the roles that the Church and individual Catholics play in supporting these efforts. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
How does the Church function in the world? What is it called to do, and what does it actually do?C harles E. Curran explores the social mission of the U.S. Catholic Church from a theological perspective, analyzing and assessing four aspects: the importance of social mission, who carries it out, how it is carried out, and the roles that the Church and individual Catholics play in supporting these efforts. In the early and mid-twentieth century the Catholic Church in the United States tended to focus its social mission on its own charities, hospitals, and schools. But the Second Vatican Council ... Read more
How does the Church function in the world? What is it called to do, and what does it actually do?C harles E. Curran explores the social mission of the U.S. Catholic Church from a theological perspective, analyzing and assessing four aspects: the importance of social mission, who carries it out, how it is carried out, and the roles that the Church and individual Catholics play in supporting these efforts. In the early and mid-twentieth century the Catholic Church in the United States tended to focus its social mission on its own charities, hospitals, and schools. But the Second Vatican Council ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Moral Traditions Series
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589017436
SKU
V9781589017436
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About Charles E Curran
Charles E. Curran, a Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Rochester, New York, is Elizabeth Scurlock University Professor of Human Values at Southern Methodist University. He was the first recipient of the John Courtney Murray Award for Theology and has served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, the Society of Christian Ethics, and the American Theological ... Read more
Reviews for The Social Mission of the U.S. Catholic Church
Curran has given us a book to motivate and guide us in this mission. Anyone who wants to see how the social teaching of the church can come to life ought to read it. America Magazine More than 2500 years ago the prophets reminded Israel that there could be no righteous worship of God without justice toward the neighbor and ... Read more