1st Edition

Abortion, Religious Freedom, and Catholic Politics

By James Hitchcock Copyright 2016
228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

Throughout its history the Catholic Church has taken positions on many subjects that are in one sense political, but in another sense are primarily moral, such as contraception, homosexuality, and divorce. One such issue, abortion, has split not only the United States, but Catholics as well. Catholics had to confront these issues within the framework of a democratic society that had no official... Read more
PrefaceIntroduction1 The Catholic Left 2 The Catholic Left: The Donkey's Makeover 3 The Catholic Right 4 The Catholic Right: Wars and Rumours of Wars 5 The Catholic Right: The Root of All Evil 6 The Catholic Right: Strangers in the Land 7 A Reckoning 8 Descent into ChaosConclusionIdentifications Index

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James Hitchcock