Democracy, society and truth: an exploration of Catholic social teaching
This article maintains that modern Catholic social teaching took shape by positioning itself between revolutionary ideologies that sought to destroy the church and reactionary forces that sought to instrumentalise it. Among the factors that contributed to this development were the emergence of a the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2016]
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2016, Volume: 69, Issue: 3, Pages: 267-280 |
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Catholic social teaching
/ Catholic church
/ Layman
/ Society
/ Democracy
/ Theological anthropology
/ History 1890-2016
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology NBN Ecclesiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Sovereignty
B Catholic Social Teaching B Christology B dignity of labour B Christian Democracy |
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| Summary: | This article maintains that modern Catholic social teaching took shape by positioning itself between revolutionary ideologies that sought to destroy the church and reactionary forces that sought to instrumentalise it. Among the factors that contributed to this development were the emergence of a theologyical and socio-political conception of the laity, reflection on the question of how humans participate in Christ's rule, the development of a consociational vision of sovereignty in distinction from top-down or monistic views, the importance of labour to a proper understanding of human dignity, and the discovery of society', as distinct from the market and the state. Appreciation of these factors resulted in the magisterial defence of democratic politics as a necessary condition for telling the truth about what it means to be human. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930616000284 |