Contemporary Christian Social Care and Practice: Contemporary Christian Series

Author: Wang Meixiu
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: This book provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis and systematic 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 traditional mainstream Christian churches, and the contemporary Evangelical movement. The book presents the social doctrine, ethical theology of the contemporary Catholic Church, as well as the concerns of contemporary Christianity regarding social, economic, political, cultural, ecological, bioethics, and other issues from multiple perspectives such as ethics, sociology, history, and textual studies. The entire book expands the research on contemporary Christianity from the intellectual sphere to its social doctrine and ethical theory, and conducts a specialized discussion on its social and political dialogues.