Whose church?
Subtitle: a concise guide to progressive Catholicism
By: Daniel C. Maguire.
Publisher: New Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9781595583352
Subjects: Catholic Church -- History -- 21st century; Liberalism
Description: "At last, a road map for progressive Catholics who long to reconcile their political and religious beliefs. In one thoughtful, concise book, leading Catholic thinker Daniel C. Maguire shows how a progressive outlook is at the core of Catholic social teaching and takes a close look at what the Bible actually has to say about the critical issues of cur time: race, war, gender equality, social justice, sexuality, and the environment."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Good sex (even Catholics can have it); title: Male and female were we made (with some variations on those themes); title: The perennial orphans of American conscience; title: War is for dummies (antidotes in lost traditions); title: Upwardly mobile poverty : an unnecessary metastasis; title: Earth threats, earth hopes.