U.S. Catholic Bishops' Voting Guidelines: Faithful Citizenship as a Resource for Political Engagement
Beyond offering guidelines for voting, Faithful Citizenship represents an attempt by the U.S. Catholic bishops to articulate a theological vision of political engagement. One may examine the theological vision of Faithful Citizenship according to three textual viewpoints: what it says (content); the...
Subtitles: | " Catholics and Contemporary American Politics" |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2023
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In: |
Politikologija religije
Year: 2023, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 213-225 |
Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Publicness B political engagement B Catholicism B Faithful Citizenship |
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Summary: | Beyond offering guidelines for voting, Faithful Citizenship represents an attempt by the U.S. Catholic bishops to articulate a theological vision of political engagement. One may examine the theological vision of Faithful Citizenship according to three textual viewpoints: what it says (content); theological understandings (problematics); and possibilities for conceptual development (implications). Addressing the dynamics of political engagement in contemporary society is a complex task. While this analysis maintains that Faithful Citizenship constitutes a useful conceptual resource insofar as signaling the basic theological terms of Catholic political engagement, there are areas of conceptual underdevelopment. Accordingly, the analysis suggests paths toward a deeper conceptual engagement with political philosophy, especially understandings of constitutional democracy. |
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ISSN: | 1820-659X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Politikologija religije
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.54561/prj1702213d |