The Social Mission of the U.S. Catholic Church: A Theological Perspective by Charles E. Curran

2013 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-152
Author(s):  
William May
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Social Mission ◽  
The Social ◽  
Theological Perspective ◽  
The U.S

The American Bishops' Letter on the U.S. Economy---Revisited

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-92
Author(s):  
Charles R. Dechert ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Voluntary Service ◽  
Social Doctrine ◽  
The Social ◽  
Bureaucratic State ◽  
Social Teachings ◽  
American Catholic ◽  
The U.S

The American Catholic Church has attempted to apply and extend the social teachings of the Universal Church in light of American conditions and political culture, most recently in the 1986 Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy, promulgated after six: years of analysis, debate, and amendment. Moving from an emphasis on government responsibilities for economic well-being and social welfare to a family-centered social vision stressing mediating groups and voluntary service, the American Church asserted a perennial social doctrine reaffirmed and extended in Pope John Paul II's Centesimus Annus. The latter calls on a century of experience that has demonstrated the failures of the bureaucratic state and "real socialism," the utility of a market economy in allocating resources efficiently, and the shift from a land-based social economy to one founded on knowledge and skill.

Latino Catholicism

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Matovina
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
The United States ◽  
Societal Impact ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
The U.S

Most histories of Catholicism in the United States focus on the experience of Euro-American Catholics, whose views on social issues have dominated public debates. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Latino Catholic experience in America from the sixteenth century to today, and offers the most in-depth examination to date of the important ways the U.S. Catholic Church, its evolving Latino majority, and American culture are mutually transforming one another. This book highlights the vital contributions of Latinos to American religious and social life, demonstrating in particular how their engagement with the U.S. cultural milieu is the most significant factor behind their ecclesial and societal impact.

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