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Democracy, Culture, Catholicism : Voices from Four Continents
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Compiling scholarly essays from a unique three-year Democracy, Culture and Catholicism International Research Project, Democracy, Culture, Catholicism richly articulates the diverse and dynamic int...
Compiling scholarly essays from a unique three-year Democracy, Culture and Catholicism International Research Project, Democracy, Culture, Catholicism richly articulates the diverse and dynamic interplay of democracy, culture, and Catholicism in the contemporary world. The twenty-five essays from four extremely diverse cultures—those of Indonesia, Lithuania, Peru, and the United States—explore the relationship between democracy and Catholicism from several perspectives, including historical and cultural analysis, political theory and conflict resolution, social movements and Catholic social thought.
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- Creator
- Michael J. Schuck, John Crowley-Buck
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- First edition
- New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2015]
- ©2015
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (361 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9780823267330, 9780823267323, 0823267334, 9780823272334, 0823267326, 0823272338, 0823268853, 082326730X
- OCLC
- ocn922451536, ocn960165231
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- In English.
- Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Democracy and Catholicism in Twentieth-Century Lithuania -- A Theological Reading of the Lithuanian Church during the Soviet Period: Martyria, Koinonia, Diakonia, and Leiturgia -- Traumatized Society, Democracy, and Religious Faith: The Lithuanian Experience -- Christianity and Politics in Post- Soviet Lithuania: Between Totalitarian Experience and Democracy -- Montaigne, Julian, and “Others”: The Quest for Peaceful Coexistence in Public Space -- Catholics in Indonesia and the Struggle for Democracy -- Musyawarah and Democratic Lay Catholic Leadership in Indonesia: The Ongoing Legacy of John Dijkstra, SJ, and Ikatan Petani Pancasila -- The Influence of Catholic Social Teaching on the Democratic Practice of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Study from Indonesia -- The Performing Art of Kethoprak and the Democratic “Power to Will” in Indonesia -- Alter/native Democracies: Muslim and Catholic Negotiations of Culture, Religion, and Citizenship in the Twenty- First Century -- Comparative Insights Regarding Religion and Democracy in a Muslim Context -- The Relationship of Patronage and Legitimacy between the Catholic Church and the Peruvian State -- Catholicism and the Struggle for Memory: Reflections on Peru -- The Catholic Church, Indigenous Rights, and the Environment in the Peruvian Amazon Region -- Religion as a Political Factor in Latin America: The Peruvian Case -- The Catholic Church and the Leftist Populist Regimes of Latin America: Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia -- Roman Catholic Sisters and the Cultivation of Citizenship in the United States: Rich and Contentious Legacies -- “First Be Reconciled”: Restorative Justice and Deliberative Democracy -- Access to Information: Citizenship, Representative Democracy, and Catholic Social Thought -- Foundations of Human Rights: The Work of Francisco de Vitoria, OP -- Rendering unto Caesar? State Regulation of Religion and the Role of Catholicism in Democratic Transitions and Consolidation in Predominantly Catholic Countries -- Civil Discourse and Religion in Transitional Democracies: The Cases of Lithuania, Peru, and Indonesia -- Epilogue on Democracy, Culture, Catholicism -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX