Earthly mission [electronic resource]
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With 1.2 billion members, the Catholic Church is the world's largest organization and perhaps its most controversial. The Church's obstinacy on matters like clerical celibacy, the role of women, birth control, and the child abuse scandal has alienated many Catholics, especially in the West. Yet in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the Church is highly esteemed for its support of education, health, and social justice. In this deeply informed book, Robert Calderisi unravels the paradoxes of the Catholic Church's role in the developing world over the past 60 years. Has the Catholic Church on balance been a force for good? Calderisi weighs the Church's various missteps and poor decisions against its positive contributions, looking back as far as the Spanish Conquest in Latin America and the arrival of missionaries in Africa and Asia. He also looks forward, highlighting difficult issues that threaten to disrupt the Church's future social role. The author's answer to the question he poses will fascinate Catholic and non-Catholic readers alike, providing a wealth of insights into international affairs, development economics, humanitarian concerns, history, and theology.
العنوان |
Earthly mission [electronic resource] : the Catholic Church and world development / Robert Calderisi. |
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الناشر |
New Haven : Yale University Press |
تاريخ الإصدار |
2013 |
ملاحظات |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
رقم الرف |
Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Two Troublemakers -- 2 The Catholic Church: "Seven Inches of Condemnation and One of Praise" -- 3 Social Teaching: From Caesar to Centesimus Annus -- 4 Religion and Development: "A Task of Fraternity" -- 5 Africa: "No One Is Opposed to a School" -- 6 Asia: A Determined Minority -- 7 Latin America: From Las Casas to Romero -- 8 Horror in Rwanda -- 9 Tilting at Condoms -- 10 Catholic Charity: "A Network to Die For" -- 11 Looking Ahead: A Fading Social Mission? -- 12 Conclusions: "Everyone Who Fights for Justice Upsets People" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
الشكل |
1 online resource (289 p.) |
اللغة |
الانكليزية |
رقم النظام |
997010709025105171 |
MARC RECORDS
وسوم
- Catholic Church Missions.
- Church of Rome
- Roman Catholic Church
- Katholische Kirche
- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva
- Römisch-Katholische Kirche
- Römische Kirche
- Ecclesia Catholica
- Eglise catholique
- Eglise catholique-romaine
- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ
- Chiesa cattolica
- Iglesia Católica
- Kościół Katolicki
- Katolicki Kościół
- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki
- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai
- Katholikē Ekklēsia
- Gereja Katolik
- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit
- Kanisa Katoliki
- כנסיה הקתולית
- כנסייה הקתולית
- 가톨릭교
- 천주교
- Church work with the poor Catholic Church.
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