Contemporary Christian Social Care - Theory and Practice

Author: Wang Meixiu
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: This book provides a comprehensive and thorough analysis, as well as systematic and detailed elaboration, on the social care of major Christian denominations worldwide since the 20th century from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Its content covers the social thought and practical activities of the contemporary Roman Catholic Church, the mainstream traditional Christian churches, and the modern Evangelical movement. The book presents the social doctrine, ethical theology of the contemporary Catholic Church, as well as the contemporary Christian focus on issues such as society, economy, politics, culture, ecology, and bioethics, from multiple angles including ethics, sociology, history, and textual studies. The entire work expands the research on contemporary Christianity from the intellectual sphere to its social doctrine and ethical theory, and conducts a dedicated discussion on its social and political dialogues.