Church in the Modern World (eBook)

Fifty Years after Gaudium et Spes

Erin Brigham (Herausgeber)

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2014
230 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9780739187319 (ISBN)

Infos

This book commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World. Through the lens of this crucial document, this book examines contemporary social issues such as immigration, women in the Church, environmental ethics, human rights, economic justice, and the Church in Africa.

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The Church in the Modern World: Fifty Years after Gaudium et Spes commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World. Featuring scholars from the Joan and Ralph Lane Center for Catholic Studies and Social Thought, this book offers a future-orientated analysis by highlighting contemporary social issues through the lens of Gaudium et Spes. In part I, authors examine the historical, political, and social significance of the document. Part II presents interdisciplinary perspectives on current social issues in light of Gaudium et Spes and contemporary Catholic social thought. The book covers such topics as immigration, women in the Church, environmental ethics, human rights, economic justice, the Church in Africa, and liberation theology.

Autor

Erin Brigham is the coordinator of research at the Joan and Ralph Lane Center for Catholic Studies and Social Thought and instructor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Francisco.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.12.2014
• Co-Autor: Erin Brigham, Keally McBride, Todd Sayre, Frank Turner, John Coleman, Michael Duffy, Carol Graham, James Hanvey, Peter Henriot, Kristin Heyer, Lois Lorentzen, Thomas Massaro
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Kirchenrecht
• Schlagworte: Catholic Church • Catholic Social Teaching • Catholic Social Thought • Church and Society • ethics • Gaudium et spes • Second Vatican Council • Social Justice • Vatican II
• ISBN-13: 9780739187319 / 9780739187319