14 research outputs found
Catholics and the U.S. Education Policy
Get PDFCatholic educational policy in the United States has developed through court battles and attempts to influence the Congress and the White House to protect the interest of Catholic parents, students, and schools. This essay reviews Catholic participation in the American political system through the lens of the “child benefit theory” and urges greater Catholic involvement in the future
The Catholic Religious Presence in Civil Society: A Waning Influence
No full textThe Catholic Church is becoming a waning influence in global civil society. This is due, in part, to demographic changes that show an increasing loss of adherents within the Church’s traditional strongholds. Coupled with the growth of liberal social policies and continuing revelations about the crimes of sexual abuse by its clergy, the Church is being forced to reconsider how to continue as a moral advocate in civil society. It has sought to do this by recalibrating its position in global church-state relations, moving toward a non-ideological or “third way” of politics, and seeking non-partisan solutions to social justice needs. However, even this shift has not been sufficient to address the erosion of the Church’s positive, political influence globally. For the Church to be successful in this goal, it will be necessary to totally re-set its social agenda as well as its religious priorities. Such tasks, however, will be difficult at best and almost impossible to accomplish where the primary obstacle for successful political efficacy and internally meaningful change is the Church’s own mismanagement of its two-millennia-old ecclesiastical structure
Catholicism and Religious Freedom: Contemporary Reflections on Vatican II's Declaration on Religious Liberty. Edited by Kenneth L. Grasso and Robert P. Hunt. Rowman and Littlefield2006. Pp. 258. Cloth. 26.95. ISBN: 0-742-55193-8.
No full textCatholic Church–State Relations in Transition: The Future
No full textThis Special Issue of Religions examines the transitions that are occurring in Catholic Church–State relations, a phenomenon that is beginning to accelerate in a negative way [...
Joe Biden\u27s Policies on Abortion and Immigration: The Challenges of a Catholic President
No full textThe President has made decisions to try to balance his policy decisions, stances that have often clashed with his Church--specifically on abortion and immigration. This has caused him to govern in partisan ways that have led to greater social, political, and moral disunity in the United States.https://scholarship.shu.edu/faculty-pubs-books/1013/thumbnail.jp
The Roots of Pope Francis's Social and Political Thought: From Argentina To The Vatican. By Thomas R. Rourke . Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2016. vii + 220 pp. 32.00 paper
No full textWar and Its Discontents: Pacifism and Quietism in the Abrahamic Traditions. Edited by J. Patout Burns. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1996. 240p. $55.00.
No full textReverse Mission: Transnational Religious Communities and the Making of US Foreign Policy. By Timothy A. Byrnes . Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2011. ix + 187 pp
No full textTaking Religious Pluralism Seriously: Spiritual Politics on America\u27s Sacred Ground
No full textAnthology addressing public issues from various religious perspectives, using the framework set out in Rediscovering America’s Sacred Ground: Public Religion and Pursuit of the Good in a Pluralistic America, edited by Barbara McGraw
Taking Religious Pluralism Seriously: Spiritual Politics on America\u27s Sacred Ground
No full textAnthology addressing public issues from various religious perspectives, using the framework set out in Rediscovering America’s Sacred Ground: Public Religion and Pursuit of the Good in a Pluralistic America, edited by Barbara McGraw
