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Author Palacios, Joseph Martin.

Title The Catholic social imagination : activism and the just society in Mexico and the United States / Joseph M. Palacios
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 315 pages)
Series Morality and society series
Morality and society.
Contents The Catholic Church takes on social justice as doctrine. The mission and struggle of Roman Catholics to create a just society -- Political and cultural construction of the Catholic social doctrine -- One church, one border, two justices. The U.S. case : pragmatic and practice oriented -- The Mexican case : doctrinally oriented -- A faith that does justice? The Catholic social imagination as doctrine and practice --- Appendix A: Principles of Catholic social justice doctrine -- Appendix B: Research sites and instruments
Summary The reach of the Catholic Church is arguably greater than that of any other religion, extending across diverse political, ethnic, class, and cultural boundaries. But what is it about Catholicism that resonates so profoundly with followers who live under disparate conditions? What is it, for instance, that binds parishioners in America with those in Mexico? For Joseph M. Palacios, what unites Catholics is a sense of being Catholic--a social imagination that motivates them to promote justice and build a better world. In The Catholic Social Imagination, Palacios gives readers a feeling for what it
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Catholic Church -- Doctrines.
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Katholische Kirche gnd
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd
Subject Christian sociology -- Catholic Church.
Christian sociology -- United States
Christian sociology -- Mexico
Church and state -- United States
Church and state -- Mexico.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
Christian sociology
Christian sociology -- Catholic Church
Church and state
Theology, Doctrinal
Soziale Gerechtigkeit
Mexico
United States
Mexiko
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780226645025
0226645029
9780226645001
0226645002
9780226645018
0226645010
1281966185
9781281966186
9786611966188
6611966188