Postsecular Catholicism : relevance and renewal

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Label

Postsecular Catholicism : relevance and renewal

Title remainder

relevance and renewal

Statement of responsibility

Michele Dillon

Creator

• Dillon, Michele, 1960-

Author

• Dillon, Michele, 1960-

Subject

• Catholics -- United States
• Christian leadership -- Catholic Church
• Postsecularism
• Church renewal -- Catholic Church | History -- 21st century
• Catholic Church -- History -- 21st century

Language

eng

Summary

The Catholic Church faces the challenge of maintaining its relevance in an increasingly secularized society. On issues ranging from sexuality and gender equality to economic policy and social welfare, the church hierarchy is frequently out-of-step with Catholics and non-Catholics alike. In Postsecular Catholicism, Michele Dillon argues that the Church's relevance is increasingly contingent on its ability to incorporate secular experiences and expectations into the articulation of the Church's teachings. Informed by the postsecular notion that religious and secular actors should recognize their mutual relevance in contemporary society, Dillon examines how secular realities and church doctrine intersect in American Catholicism. She shows that the Church's 21st-century commitment to institutional renewal has been amplified by Pope Francis's vision of public Catholicism and his accessible language and intellectual humility. Combining wide-ranging survey data with a rigorous examination of Francis's statements on economic inequality, climate change, LGBT rights, and women's ordination, the highly consequential Vatican Synod on the Family, and the US Bishops' religious freedom campaign, Postsecular Catholicism assesses the initiatives and strategies impacting the Church's relevance in the contemporary world. -- Provided by publisher

Member of

• Franciscan School of Theology Library

Cataloging source

YDX

Index

index present

LC call number

BX1378.7

LC item number

.D566 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography