Sentences with phrase «social doctrine in»

John Paul II took Catholic social doctrine in a new direction by teaching that, in the post-industrial world of the twenty - first century, Adam Smith's «wealth of nations» resides, not so much in stuff (as in natural resources or land) as in human creativity: in ideas, skills, work - habits and entrepreneurial instincts.

And in doing so, Mr. Kaine will further tear the fabric of Catholic social doctrine in a pattern of irresponsibility and double - speak previously mastered by the late Senator Ted Kennedy, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and outgoing Veep Joe Biden.

I don't know, but I'll risk a guess that the editors thought it worth a momentary suspension of their liberal propensities to have someone take on with gusto, which Laurent certainly does, those terrible Catholic neoconservatives who construe Catholic social doctrine in a way supportive of a market economy and liberal polity.

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That's not the case in Europe, where Benedict XVI's social doctrine is regarded as wildly counter-cultural» even as it offers Europe what may be its last chance.

(5) The most urgent ecumenical dialogue between Russia and Rome today must focus on a new generation of Russian Orthodox thinkers: those who, having looked hard at the crisis in Ukraine and their Church leadership's propaganda activities on behalf of the Putin regime, have concluded that Russian Orthodoxy needs a new theory of Church - and - state — and should develop one in vigorous conversation with serious scholars of Catholic social doctrine.

In this book, he moves away from social philosophy and toward metaphysics, where he sets out to rebuff atheistic criticisms that focus on the doctrine of God.

The twenty - first - century Church owes a lot to twentieth - century German Catholicism: for its generosity to Catholics in the Third World; for the witness of martyrs like Alfred Delp, Bernhard Lichtenberg, and Edith Stein; for its contributions to Biblical studies, systematic and moral theology, liturgical renewal, and Catholic social doctrine, through which German Catholicism played a leading role in Vatican II's efforts to renew Catholic witness for the third millennium.

Speaker Boehner's position on moderating federal taxes is to encourage employment growth and sustain business and non-profit activities, again in keeping with the Church's social doctrine.

We are not just talking about a convergence of disciplines, but of an authentically global synthesis in which the various forms of knowledge... find common ground in a shared personal and social vision... We must not imagine that the socio - cultural challenge of today can be met with theological thought that specialises in the content of doctrine or concentrates on religious experience.

In many respects, democratic socialism was and is close to Catholic social doctrine and has in any case made a remarkable contribution to the formation of a social consciousnesIn many respects, democratic socialism was and is close to Catholic social doctrine and has in any case made a remarkable contribution to the formation of a social consciousnesin any case made a remarkable contribution to the formation of a social consciousness.

In such a background King Jr. propagated the doctrine of non-violent direct action to achieve the social, economic and political institutionalization of freedom for the Americans Blacks.

The only escape at this point is to take shelter in the doctrine of the Trinity, which offers to furnish a social relation between persons all of whom are perfect.

This social doctrine provided the alternative to the Marxist notion that revolution and the collectivizing of the means of the production would establish a just society in which charity is superfluous.

-LSB-...] the proponents of Populorum Progressio -LSB-...] would seem to be promoting a «hermeneutics of rupture» when they claim that the tradition of Catholic social doctrine began anew with Populorum Progressio — a claim that at least some passages in Caritas in Veritate can be interpreted to support.

«It is certainly true that Catholic social doctrine challenges all parties in the ongoing debate over political economy in the United States.

He then points to the body of modern social doctrine from Leo XIII in the late nineteenth century to «my great predecessor John Paul II.»

«In a first phase, the attention of this discipline was oriented, rather, to problematic situations within society -LSB-...] With the theological emphasis, John XXIII treats more decisively the question of all this in terms of the human person -LSB-...] John Paul II then reinforced this -LSB-...] In the logic of this Encyclical, we find then a further stage, perhaps a third phase in the reflection on social doctrinIn a first phase, the attention of this discipline was oriented, rather, to problematic situations within society -LSB-...] With the theological emphasis, John XXIII treats more decisively the question of all this in terms of the human person -LSB-...] John Paul II then reinforced this -LSB-...] In the logic of this Encyclical, we find then a further stage, perhaps a third phase in the reflection on social doctrinin terms of the human person -LSB-...] John Paul II then reinforced this -LSB-...] In the logic of this Encyclical, we find then a further stage, perhaps a third phase in the reflection on social doctrinIn the logic of this Encyclical, we find then a further stage, perhaps a third phase in the reflection on social doctrinin the reflection on social doctrine.

Yet if the most important development in that doctrine in Caritas in Veritate is a strong linkage of the life issues to Catholic social - justice concerns, then it is also true that the challenge of this particular encyclical falls more sharply on those who believe that Roe v. Wade was rightly decided, and remedied an injustice in prior American law.»

In my judgment a reworking of Christianity along progressivist lines, i.e., along lines which teach God's insistence upon democratic dogmas and which discern doctrine - altering «Revelation» in democratic social trends, remains an ongoing potentiality, whether initiated by «Protestants» or «Catholics»; this follows, I hold, from Tocquevillian premiseIn my judgment a reworking of Christianity along progressivist lines, i.e., along lines which teach God's insistence upon democratic dogmas and which discern doctrine - altering «Revelation» in democratic social trends, remains an ongoing potentiality, whether initiated by «Protestants» or «Catholics»; this follows, I hold, from Tocquevillian premisein democratic social trends, remains an ongoing potentiality, whether initiated by «Protestants» or «Catholics»; this follows, I hold, from Tocquevillian premises.

And when, as in the United Methodist Book of Discipline, one attempts to grasp the oneness of life, the effort is split up into «Doctrine and Doctrinal Statements» on the one hand, and the «Social Principles» on the other.

The mentality that Rauschenbusch deployed to seduce his readers — the turn away from troubling debates about doctrine, the shift from personal salvation to social reform, and the reassurance that progressive disdain for traditional religion was in fact a sign of a more authentic and scientific faith — provided a way to remain Christian while setting aside whatever seems incompatible with modern life.

The denominations are still caught in the idea of applying the doctrine or the social principles.

Much else — in the realms, for example, of piety, of doctrine and of social zeal — can be seen as vital to the revivification of a distinctive liberal witness.

Gods will is for us humans today to evolved to a level of conciousness that will prepare us for the challenges of our future survival, Scientists now predicts of hardships in the future due to over population and changes to the natural environment.and that is happening now with activists through out the world are reminding us of protecting nature.That is why we need a phsychological revolution to hasten the evolution of consciousness that will address the problems.Ideological and philosophical enlightenment had the past great minds to develop ideas and belief because God sent them to reality in their times.Abraham, Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha, and many other religious leaders to teach humanity the doctrines that God willed to be appropriate and applicable in those periods of their existence, Also great philosophers in another dimension of social involvement were born to interprete and connect philosophically as the second element of our conscience, Kant, Marx and countless of them also were born.To complete the triangular structure or dimension of our conscience is knowledge.

Rather than finding God in institutions or in doctrine, Christians should encounter him and engage in the Kingdom of God by being on the forefront of social change.

Of the Bible she wrote, «I regard these writings as histories consisting of mingled truth and fiction, and while I admire and cherish much of what I believe to have been the moral teaching of Jesus himself, I consider the system of doctrines built upon the facts of his life... to be most dishonorable to God and most pernicious in its influence on individual and social happiness.»

But a truly social doctrine of the Trinity contains the vision of a community of women and men in church and society without privilege or subjection to each other - or to God.

He responded by relating the parable of the Good Samaritan, one of my personal favorites... bear traps are hidden, and often unseen till bear or human are caught in them... the traps are deliberately placed, they don't just suddenly appear... the answer to the question was the man who had compassion on the man taken by robbers... he was a social and spiritual outcast who had compassion on someone who in normal circumstances would have hated his guts... because his doctrine and «lifestyle» were not acceptable to the religious establishment... I have had life experiences that bear this out, experiencing love and compassion from people whom today's religious establishment demonizes and looks down upon... any reading of the Good Samaritan story should be followed up by a reading of 1 Corinthians 13....

Chapter Six, on the «Social Doctrine of the Church,» covers in 34 pages some of the most misunderstood and controversial teachings with exemplary clarity and humanity.

The social doctrine teaches that the problem of poverty is best addressed by empowerment: enabling poor people to enter the circle of productivity and exchange in society.

For those in the Reformed tradition, it is not a literalistic imitatio Christi, but a recognition of the ongoing validity of a doctrine of creation that provides the basis for a Christian social ethic.

His disenchantment with the Social Gospel finally began to emerge as a recovery of the doctrine of original sin, and his thought began to move in the direction of theological anthropology.

To the extent that they neglect their own training in the faith, or teach erroneous doctrine, or deficient in their religious, moral or social life, the must be said to conceal rather than reveal the authentic face of God and religion.»

Such an attack has no warrant in Catholic social doctrine.

Unlike the substantialist view of reality, one of the basic tenets of process thought is the doctrine of universal relativity, the notion that reality is fundamentally social or relational, that everything is dynamically interrelated to and with everything else in the universe; anything that is is what it is on account of its relationships.

He does not seem to have wanted to elevate his own contribution to social doctrine to a more central place in his magisterium; it was enough for him to adapt Leo XIII and Pius XI to the specific needs of a world ravaged by ideology and warfare.

Would God say, «No, I am not going to listen to the prayers of such and such a group, because they wiped out nations in my name, because they build unjust social structures in my name, because they have gone to war in my name, because they don't call me by the «right» name, or simply because their doctrines do not quite correspond to who I am»?

The meeting began on a Wednesday night at the bucolic campus of the University of Saint Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, Illinois, and the frank discussion quickly moved into a variety of topics including several difficult ones such as the Council of Trent, which is particularly anti-Protestant but still binding for Catholics, and the Catholic doctrine of the church as the prolongation of the incarnation of Christ (presented by Father Thomas A. Baima, the Catholic co-chair of the event), as well as social issues ranging from care for the poor, abortion, and the recent developments in gender and sexual ethics in the West.

My supposition is that the individualization of sin is the trivialization of sin, and given the systematic connection between our understanding of sin and our understanding of God as the one who addresses us in our human plight, the trivialization of sin has an inexorable affect upon two areas: the doctrine of God, and the sense of individual and corporate responsibility for social ills.

I will have to go with what flashed in my mind from the first thoughts: Bitterness / * anger * (at God too), danger, «loneliness,» gained social anxieties, unwarranted guilt, and deep self examination / awareness minus the worlds, and others, demands, doctrines, political correctness, corruption, social engineering, and expectations.

True, it goes without saying that if a man can not in conscience accept the doctrine of the Church as the norm of his faith, this must be respected by others, whether they think his view right or not; and the Church, too, must respect such a conviction and may not suppress it by social pressures or prevent its expression.

William John Wolf, «Reinhold Niebuhr's Doctrine of Man» in Reinhold Niebuhr: His Religious, Social, and Political Thought, p. 231 - 32.

Niebuhr's discussion of the church and social justice assumed the doctrines of sin and grace in all of their ramifications.

Proposals to decentralize social welfare programs and give the states the funds necessary to conduct all sorts of customized efforts to empower the poor — crafted so that each «fits» the vast array of distinct circumstances we find in impoverished America — strike me as a sensible application of the social doctrine's principle of subsidiarity.

But if man is a social creature there is nothing curious or invalid about the doctrine that I can unselfishly enjoy my neighbor's good.14 The logic of this problem and the solution I am urging has been set forth with a clarity equal to Nygren's in Charles Hartshorne's Man's Vision of God.

That conversation is not advanced when, as happened after the CNN broadcast, smug partisans attack a serious Catholic public official by suggesting that he's deficient in both his moral commitment to the poor and his understanding of Catholic social doctrine.

Nowhere is this more evident than in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which contains numerous references to values, especially in the context of marriage, the family, and Christian social doctrine.

Here, perhaps due more than to any other single factor, to the doctrine set forth in their scriptures, of the «Gathering of the Saints,» they tended to draw together into a compact social body, building their own communities as they did at Kirtland, Ohio; in Jackson County, Missouri; at Far West, Missouri; at Nauvoo, Illinois; and finally in Utah.

There's no application of Catholic social doctrine to help us think in a disciplined way about how to respond to environmental threats, or how to reform global capitalism.

Such an imaginary circumstance might be democratic in the sense that it would reflect the majority will, but it would violate the freedom and justice at the heart of Catholic social doctrine.