Truth and relevance : Catholic theology in French Quebec since the quiet revolution / Gregory Baum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baum, Gregory, 1923-2017, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church and social problems--Québec (Province)--Catholic Church.

Church and social problems.

Religion and civil society--Québec (Province).

Religion and civil society.

Church and state--Québec (Province)--Catholic Church.

Church and state.

Catholic Church--Doctrines--History.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Québec (Province)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montréal, Québec : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After the Quiet Revolution, the Catholic church lost its stronghold in Quebec. Despite this decline, or perhaps because of it, contemporary Catholic thought in Quebec exhibits a bold creativity. In Truth and Relevance, Gregory Baum introduces, contextualizes, and interprets Catholic theological writing in Quebec since the 1960s, and presents this body of work for an anglophone readership. Baum shows how Catholic theologians, inspired by the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), uncovered the social meaning in the Christian message, allowing them to address many problems and concerns of contemporary society. With reliance on the Gospel, they supported Quebec's new self-understanding, embraced its nationalism under certain conditions, fostered social solidarity, criticized the unregulated market system, demanded gender equality, and called for respect of new religious and cultural pluralism. Leaving behind the Catholicism of Quebec's past, these theologians embraced the humanistic values of modern society, recognizing their affinity with the Gospel, while at the same time revealing the destructive potential of modernity, its individualism, utilitarianism, relativism, and its link to empire and capitalism. Weaving together theological and sociological reflections, Truth and Relevance is a fascinating account of modernity, secularism, and the evolution of the Catholic church in Quebec.

Contents:

A Brief Introduction

1 The Quiet Revolution and the Catholic Church

2 Vatican Council II on Faith and Culture

3 Introducing Fernand Dumont

4 Introducing Jacques Grand'Maison

5 Jesus Greater than the Church

6 Faith and Justice

7 In Christ neither Male nor Female

8 Catholic Faith and Cultural Catholicism

9 Faith and the Magisterium

10 The Challenge of Pluralism

11 Concluding Reflections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 7, 2014).

ISBN:

9780773590281

0773590285

9780773590274

0773590277

OCLC:

881552155