American Catholics and civic engagement : a distinctive voice / edited by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien, 1941-

Series:

American Catholics in the public square series ; v. 1.

American Catholics in the public square series ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Christianity and politics--Catholic Church--Congresses.

Christianity and politics.

Christian sociology--Catholic Church--Congresses.

Christian sociology.

Christian sociology--Catholic Church.

Christianity and politics--United States--Congresses.

Christian sociology--United States--Congresses.

Catholic Church--Doctrines--Congresses.

Christianity and politics--Catholic Church.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xx, 293 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

American Catholics & civic engagement

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub., [2004]

Summary:

Sheed & Ward proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding the contributions to U.S. civic life of the Catholic, Jewish, mainline and evangelical Protestant, African-American, Latino, and Muslim communities in the United States, the two volumes in this series gather selected essays from the Commonweal Colloquia and the joint meetings organized by the Commonweal Foundation and The Faith and Reason Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington.

Contents:

Part 1 Catholic Social Thought in the American Context 1

The Common Good and Catholic Social Thought / John A. Coleman 3

Pluralism and the Common Good: A Response / Jane Mansbridge 19

Catholic Social Thought and the American Experience / Stephen J. Pope 26

Contending with Liberalism / William A. Galston 42

Catholics and the Liberal Tradition / Michael Lacey, William M. Shea 58

Part 2 Catholic Institutions in the American Public Square 69

The Catholic Parish in the Public Square / Philip J. Murnion 71

What Do State Catholic Conferences Do? / William Bole 92

The Limits of Coalitions and Compromises: The California State Catholic Conference / Edward E. Dolejsi 110

Catholic Health Care and the Challenge of Civic Society / Clarke E. Cochran 126

Part 3 Catholics in the Public Square: Autobiographies 145

Pro-life, Pro-family, Pro-poor / Mary Jo Bane 147

State House Politician / David Carlin 154

On the Beat in the South Bronx and Central America / David Gonzalez 161

Politics and Polling / Dotty Lynch 166

A Journalist's Calling / Don Wycliff 172

Look for the Real Story / Paul Moses 179

Family, Faith, and Union / Kirk Adams 186

The Worker's Worker / John J. Sweeney 191

Family, Good Fortune, and Stewardship / Thomas J. Donnelly 196

God Deals with Me through My Clients / W. Shepherdson Abell 204

Part 4 Catholics in the Voting Booth 211

How Catholic Is the Catholic Vote? / David C. Leege, Paul D. Mueller 213

There Is No Catholic Vote

And It's Important / E. J. Dionne Jr. 251

Catholic Republicans / Kate O'Beirne 261

Communitarian Lite / William Bole 267.

Notes:

"A Sheed & Ward book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742531597

OCLC:

52464988