Title Innovative Catholicism and the human condition / Jane Anderson

Published New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (1 electronic resource (xiii, 197 pages)) Series Routledge studies in religion ; 49 Routledge studies in religion ; 49. Contents 1. The research project -- 2. Reconceptualising the person -- 3. Revising the self -- 4. Updating identity -- 5. Modernising morality -- 6. Adapting governance -- 7. Reconfiguring ritual -- 8. Scrutinising worldviews Summary Innovative Catholicism and the Human Condition gives an anthropological account of a progressive religious movement in the Roman Catholic Church that is attempting to reconcile religious conviction and reason, and, ergo, modify the human condition. Investigation is given to a representative group of this movement, "Innovative Catholics," who are endeavouring to maintain the momentum for change which began in the 1960s and 1970s. They now find themselves caught between traditional notions of religion and a secularised society, while trying to reconcile these polarising forces to find a pathway forward. While ethnographic fieldwork for this research was conducted in Australia, this movement is to be found across the Western world. The research is framed by the question posed by Jürgen Habermas, who asks whether the democratic constitutional state is able to renew itself, and recognises a benefit in learning from religion. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, subsequently Pope Benedict XVI, responds by asserting the need for a common ethical basis and limits on reason. This latter position, however, remains problematic for Innovative Catholics who are conscious of history and culture. The research explores how Innovative Catholics, who in taking the middle position, inform this dialectic on secularization through their ideas and practices about the human condition Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record; resource not viewed Subject Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-2022. Habermas, Jürgen SUBJECT Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-2022 fast Habermas, Jürgen fast Subject Catholic Church -- Doctrines. Catholic Church -- History -- 1965- SUBJECT Catholic Church fast Subject Christianity and culture. Church renewal -- Catholic Church. Theological anthropology -- Catholic Church. RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic. Christianity and culture Church renewal -- Catholic Church Theological anthropology -- Catholic Church Theology, Doctrinal Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2020719640 ISBN 9781315623023 1315623021 9781317224778 1317224779 9781317224761 1317224760 9781317224754 1317224752

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