Bright Promise, Failed Community: Catholics and the American Public Order - Couverture rigide

Varacalli, Joseph A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0739100866 ISBN 13 : 9780739100868

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2000

Synopsis

In Bright Promise, Failed Community, respected Catholic sociologist Joseph Varacalli describes how and why Catholic America has essentially failed to shape the American Republic in any significant way. American society has never experienced a "Catholic moment" ―the closest it came was during the immediate post-World War II era―nor is it now close to approximating one. Varacalli identifies as the cause of the current situation the "failed community" of Catholic America: an ineffective and dissent-ridden set of organizational arrangements that has not succeeded in adequately communicating the social doctrine of the Church to Catholic Americans or to the key idea-generating sectors of American life. The "bright promise" of Catholic America lies in the long and still developing tradition of social Catholicism. With a revitalized, orthodox, sophisticated community to serve as the carrier of Catholic social doctrine, Varacalli sees trends of thought that would propose viable alternatives to philosophies and ideologies that currently dominate the American public sphere-ones that would thus have a formidable impact on American society.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joseph A. Varacalli is Professor of Sociology and director for the Center of Catholic Studies at Nassau Community College-SUNY. He is the Cofounder of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists and was formerly Editor-in-Chief of the Catholic Social Science Review.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0739100866
• ISBN 13: 9780739100868
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
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