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Sheed & Ward proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding the contributions to U.S. civic life of the Catholic, Jewish, mainline and evangelical Protestant, African-American, Latino, and Muslim communities in the United States, the two volumes in this series gather selected essays from the Commonweal Colloquia and the joint meetings organized by the Commonweal Foundation and The Faith and Reason Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington.
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Twenty-seven scholars, journalists, lawyers, business and labor leaders, church administrators and lobbyists, novelists, activists, policymakers and politicians contribute 23 essays exploring the most significant issues facing the Catholic Church in the U.S. today. The first of two volumes in a project funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, the text covers the intellectual framework guiding Catholic participation in public debate and policy; Catholic institutions (parishes, state conferences, and health care providers) in the American public arena; autobiographies of individual Catholics describing how they bring their faith to the public square; and how Catholics vote, and the impact of their faith on Catholic voters. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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