Civil society, civic engagement and Catholicism in the U.S.
By: Antonius Liedhegener, Werner Kremp (eds.).
Contributors: Liedhegener, Antonius.; Kremp, Werner.; Atlantische Akademie Rheinland-Pfalz.
Series: Atlantische Texte -- Bd. 27
Publisher: WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Trier
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9783884769607
Subjects: Catholic Church -- United States -- Congresses; Church and social problems -- Catholic Church -- Congresses; Church and social problems -- United States -- Congresses; Catholics -- United States -- Political activity -- Congresses; Christianity and politics -- Catholic Church -- Congresses; Voluntarism -- United States -- Congresses; Social action -- United States -- Congresses; Civil society -- United States -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

"[These] articles ... were first presented at an American-German symposium on 'Civil Society, Civic Engagement and Catholicism in the U.S.' held in Lambrecht/Pfalz and Mainz from May 18, 2006 to May 20, 2006"--Preface.
Table of contents: title: A fresh moment of dialogue: religion and liberalism revisited / John Farina; title: Congregations' significance to American civic life / Mark Chaves; title: Faith-based initiatives: a new chance or a political threat to American civil society? / Corwin E. Smidt; title: Civil society, civic engagement, and religion: findings and research problems in Germany and the U.S. / Frank Adloff; title: Catholic civic engagement: recent debates and positions within the Catholic church / Margaret O'Brien Steinfels; title: Volunteerism in the land of voluntarism: the American Catholic church / Gerald P. Fogarty, S.J.; title: Catholics and civic engagement: empirical findings at the individual level / James D. Davidson, Mark McCormick; title: Catholic civic engagement at the local level: the parish and beyond / Meghan Davis, Antonius Liedhegener; title: Organizing volunteering? National Catholic organizations and civic engagement / Bryan T. Froehle; title: Volunteering as a topic of intercultural learning: experiences from German-American exchange programs / Martin Kaiser; title: "CrossingOver": a project supporting the dialogue on the Catholic church and parish life in the United States and Germany / Andreas Henkelmann; title: Parish planning processes and Catholic volunteering in the U.S. / Bryan T. Froehle; title: State Catholic conferences, local bishops, and volunteer leaders: a pastoral reflection on Catholic legislative advocacy on the Diocesan level / Jeffry Odell Korgen; title: Still something special? The recent debate on civil society and religion in the U.S. and the Catholic tradition / Antonius Liedhegener; title: The future of Catholic civic engagement / John Farina.