Innovative Catholicism and the Human Condition (Edition 1)

• Main Author: Anderson, Jane
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Routledge 2016; Taylor and Francis; No Funder Information Available; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Studies in Religion
• Subjects: 20th century; Anthropology; Australia; authentic self; autocratic governance; Book Industry Communication; Catholic; Catholic Church; celebrancy; Christian Churches & denominations; Christian Life & Experience; Christian life & practice; Christian Living; Christian Religious Experience; Christian spirituality; Christian Theology; Christianity; Christianity and culture; Church renewal; classical morality; Communitas; eco-spirituality; emotional reflexivity; ethnography; Eucharistic interpretations; Feminist theology; Gay & lesbian theology; HRCC7 Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; human condition; Humanities; innovative Catholicism; Jane Anderson; Joseph Ratzinger; Jürgen Habermas; moral conflicts; parish governance; Pope Benedict XVI; Pope Francis; postconciliar papcies; preconciliar era; progressive Catholicism; reflexivity; Religion; Religion & Anthropology; Religion & beliefs; Religion & Sociology; religious identity; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Catholicism; secular society; secularisation; secularization; social advocacy; Social Issues; spiritual reflexivity; Theological anthropology; Otherworldly God; Young Man; Anti-structural Position; preconciliar era; postconciliar papcies; Vice Versa; secularization; Innovative Meditator; Cosmic Walk; Progressive Religious Movement; reflexivity; moral conflicts; ethnography; Innovative Reformers; social advocacy; Jürgen Habermas; Complete Resemblance; celebrancy; Council Fathers; Exclusive Rationality; Innovative Catholics; Pope Francis; Progressive Jewish Movement; secular society; Eucharistic interpretations; Hierarchical Church; Edmund Rice; Joseph Ratzinger; Classical Morality; Trinitarian interpretations; Communitas; Roman Catholic Church; Rudimentary Communities; Pope Benedict XVI; eco-spirituality; parish governance; innovative Catholicism; human condition; Democratic Church; Opus Dei; secularisation; Modern Religious Identities; Autocratic Preferences; Participatory Surveillance; CCR; Classical Worldview; progressive Catholicism; Post-conciliar Era; spiritual reflexivity; emotional reflexivity; autocratic governance; Australia; authentic self; religious identity; Jane Anderson
• ISBN: 9781317224778; 1317224779; 9781138654747; 1138654744; 0367596539; 9780367596538; 9781315623023; 1315623021; 1317224760; 9781317224761
• DOI: 10.4324/9781315623023

Innovative Catholicism and the Human Condition gives an anthropological account of a progressive religious movement in the Roman Catholic Church that is attempting to reconcile religious conviction and reason, and, ergo, modify the human condition. Investigation is given to a representative group of this movement, "Innovative Catholics," who are endeavouring to maintain the momentum for change which began in the 1960s and 1970s. They now find themselves caught between traditional notions of religion and a secularised society, while trying to reconcile these polarising forces to find a pathway forward. While ethnographic fieldwork for this research was conducted in Australia, this movement is to be found across the Western world. The research is framed by the question posed by Jürgen Habermas, who asks whether the democratic constitutional state is able to renew itself, and recognises a benefit in learning from religion. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, subsequently Pope Benedict XVI, responds by asserting the need for a common ethical basis and limits on reason. This latter position, however, remains problematic for Innovative Catholics who are conscious of history and culture. The research explores how Innovative Catholics, who in taking the middle position, inform this dialectic on secularization through their ideas and practices about the human condition.