TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nepstad,Sharon Erickson
TI  - Catholic Social Activism: Progressive Movements in the United States 
SN  - 9781479885480
AV  - BX1406.3 .N47 2020
U1  - 261.8088282 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - New York University Press, 
KW  - Christian sociology
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Church and social problems
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Catholic Climate Change
KW  - Catholic Social Teachings
KW  - Catholic Social Thought
KW  - Catholic Worker
KW  - Catholic feminism
KW  - Central America solidarity
KW  - Central America
KW  - César Chávez
KW  - Dolores Huerta
KW  - Dorothy Day
KW  - Environmentalism
KW  - Laudato Si
KW  - Mary Daly
KW  - National Religious Partnership for the Environment
KW  - New Sanctuary Movement
KW  - Pacem in Terris
KW  - Pax Christi
KW  - Pledge of Resistance
KW  - Plowshares movement
KW  - Pope Francis
KW  - Pope John XXIII
KW  - Pope Leo XIII
KW  - Pope Pius XI
KW  - Quadragesimo Anno
KW  - Rerum Novarum
KW  - Roman Catholic Womenpriests
KW  - Rosemary Radford Ruether
KW  - Sanctuary movement
KW  - School of the Americas Watch
KW  - Social Catholicism
KW  - United Farm Workers
KW  - Witness for Peace
KW  - Women-Church
KW  - contraception
KW  - draft board raids
KW  - draft card burnings
KW  - environmental movement
KW  - immigrant rights
KW  - immigration
KW  - just peace
KW  - just war doctrine
KW  - liberation theology
KW  - lived religion
KW  - nonviolence
KW  - ordination of women
KW  - pacifism
KW  - peace movements
KW  - reproductive rights
KW  - solidarity
N1  - restricted access
N2  - A history of Catholic social thought Many Americans assume that the Catholic Church is inherently conservative, based on its stances on abortion, contraception, and divorce. Yet there is a longstanding tradition of progressive Catholic movements in the United States that have addressed a variety of issues from labor, war, immigration, and environmental protection, to human rights, women's rights, exploitive development practices, and bellicose foreign policies. These Catholic social movements have helped to shift the Church from an institution that had historically supported incumbent governments and political elites to a Church that has increasingly sided with the vulnerable and oppressed. This book provides a concise history of progressively oriented Catholic Social Thought, which conveys the Catholic Church's position on a variety of social justice concerns. Sharon Erickson Nepstad introduces key papal encyclicals and other church documents, showing how lay Catholics in the United States have put these ideas into practice through a creative and sometimes provocative political engagement. Nepstad also explores how these progressive movements have pressured the religious hierarchy to respond to pressing social issues, such as women's ordination, conscription, and the morality of nuclear deterrence policies. Catholic Social Activism vividly depicts how these progressive movements have helped to shape the religious landscape of the United States, and how they have provoked controversy and debate among Catholics and non-Catholics alike
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