The Catholic Social Imagination: Activism and the Just by Joseph M. Palacios
By Joseph M. Palacios
The achieve of the Catholic Church is arguably more than that of the other faith, extending throughout assorted political, ethnic, type, and cultural barriers. yet what's it approximately Catholicism that resonates so profoundly with fans who reside below disparate stipulations? what's it, for example, that binds parishioners in the USA with these in Mexico? For Joseph M. Palacios, what unites Catholics is a feeling of being Catholic—a social mind's eye that motivates them to advertise justice and construct a greater world.
In The Catholic Social Imagination, Palacios supplies readers a sense for what it capability to be Catholic and placed one’s religion into motion. Tracing the practices of a gaggle of parishioners in Oakland, California, and one other in Guadalajara, Mexico, Palacios unearths parallels—and contrasts—in the methods those traditional Catholics obtain and act on a church doctrine that emphasizes social justice. whether or not they are construction a grocery store for the low-income aged or waging protests to advertise tuition reform, those parishioners offer vital insights into the development of the Catholic social mind's eye. all through, Palacios additionally bargains vital new cultural and sociological interpretations of Catholic doctrine on matters equivalent to poverty, civil and human rights, political participation, and the traditional law.
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