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Democracy, Culture, Catholicism

Voices from Four Continents

Edited by Michael J. Schuck and John Crowley-Buck

Pub Date: November 2, 2015

ISBN: 9780823267309

Page Count: 360

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Description: Compiling scholarly essays from a unique three-year Democracy, Culture and Catholicism International Research Project, Democracy, Culture, Catholicism richly articulates the diverse and dynamic interplay of democracy, culture, and Catholicism in the contemporary world. The twenty-five essays from four extremely diverse cultures—those of Indonesia, Lithuania, Peru, and the United States—explore the relationship between democracy and Catholicism from several perspectives, including historical and cultural analysis, political theory and conflict resolution, social movements and Catholic social thought.
Reviews: “. . . [A] dynamic conversation regarding the interpretation and application of Catholic social teaching in diverse Lithuanian, Indonesian, Peruvian, and U.S. American perspectives. A critical resource for expanding knowledge and inquiry into diverse expressions of Catholicism and globalization.” - —Alex Mikulich, Jesuit Social Research Institute, Loyola University, New Orleans

Democracy, Culture and Catholicism is a unique and very illuminating book studying the restraints and resources of Catholicism for democracy. It links Catholic social thought on democracy with several key case studies of countries which underwent a transition from dictatorship to democracy and how the social location of the church aided or not that crucial transition. A must read for people concerned with comparative study of Catholicism and Catholic social thought. - —John A. Coleman S.J., Associate Pastor, Saint Ignatius Church, San Francisco
Details: ISBN-13 9780823267309
Published: 2015-11-02
Contributors: Edited: John Crowley-Buck
John Crowley- Buck is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Theology at Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.
Edited: Michael J. Schuck
Michael Schuck is Associate Professor in the Department of Theology at Loyola University of Chicago, past Director of the Joan and Bill Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage, and current Co-Director of the International Jesuit Ecology Project.