The Catholic Social Imagination
Subtitle: Activism and the Just Society in Mexico and the United States (Morality and Society Series)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: July 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780226645001
Subjects: Christian social thought & activity; Religious groups; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Social Science; Sociology; USA; Christianity - Catholic; Sociology of Religion; Social Science / Sociology of Religion; Catholic Church; Christian sociology; Mexico; United States
Description: Aims to give readers a feeling for what it means to be Catholic and put one's faith into action. Tracing the practices of a group of parishioners in Oakland, California, and another in Guadalajara, this work reveals parallels - and contrasts - in the ways these ordinary Catholics receive and act on a church doctrine that emphasizes social justice.