{"title":"Germain McKenzie, Interpreting Charles Taylor’s Social Theory on Religion and Secularization: A Comparative Study","authors":"P. Sullins","doi":"10.5840/CSSR20182330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/CSSR20182330","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129032703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This essay addresses some of the central issues, prospects, and problems that a serious Catholic scholar can be expected to deal with in teaching an Introduction to Sociology course in a secular college. The paper assumes the basic validity and utility of the secular discipline of sociology while noting certain dysfunctional empirical tendencies that are not intrinsic to this intellectual enterprise. Rather, these dysfunctional tendencies reflect the secular and progressive individual worldviews and biases of the majority of scholars who teach, write, and practice the discipline at this present moment in time and space. Examples of how the individual secular and progressive biases impact on the discipline can be found in numerous ways. Among others, they can be found in 1) the construction of concepts and definitions and in the choice of theoretical frameworks, all bringing with them distinctive, albeit usually implicit, philosophical assumptions; 2) the denial of any metaphysical dimension; 3) the degree and amount of hyper-specialization found in research; and 4) the utopian and ideological aspects part and parcel of the analysis in question. The line of analysis pursued here generally follows an earlier effort of mine dealing with similar issues, i.e., “Sociology of Religion: Contemporary Developments—An Exploratory Critique From a Catholic Sociological Sensibility” (2011).
{"title":"Teaching an Introduction to Sociology Course in a Secular College: Systematic Reflections from an Orthodox Catholic Worldview","authors":"J. A. Varacalli","doi":"10.5840/CSSR20182319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/CSSR20182319","url":null,"abstract":"This essay addresses some of the central issues, prospects, and problems that a serious Catholic scholar can be expected to deal with in teaching an Introduction to Sociology course in a secular college. The paper assumes the basic validity and utility of the secular discipline of sociology while noting certain dysfunctional empirical tendencies that are not intrinsic to this intellectual enterprise. Rather, these dysfunctional tendencies reflect the secular and progressive individual worldviews and biases of the majority of scholars who teach, write, and practice the discipline at this present moment in time and space. Examples of how the individual secular and progressive biases impact on the discipline can be found in numerous ways. Among others, they can be found in 1) the construction of concepts and definitions and in the choice of theoretical frameworks, all bringing with them distinctive, albeit usually implicit, philosophical assumptions; 2) the denial of any metaphysical dimension; 3) the degree and amount of hyper-specialization found in research; and 4) the utopian and ideological aspects part and parcel of the analysis in question. The line of analysis pursued here generally follows an earlier effort of mine dealing with similar issues, i.e., “Sociology of Religion: Contemporary Developments—An Exploratory Critique From a Catholic Sociological Sensibility” (2011).","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125926694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bill Donohue, The Catholic Advantage: Why Health, Happiness and Heaven Await the Faithful","authors":"Anne Hendershott","doi":"10.5840/cssr20182323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/cssr20182323","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132578614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Allen D. Hertzke and Timothy Samuel Shah, editors, Christianity and Freedom, Volume I: Historical Perspectives; and Volume II: Contemporary Perspectives","authors":"Ashleen Menchaca-Bagnulo","doi":"10.5840/CSSR20182326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/CSSR20182326","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"156 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131617301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article argues that although Catholics are experiencing restrictions on their religious freedom, they should not couch their response primarily in terms of religious freedom because that tends to frame the issue as a conflict between unreasonable religious beliefs, on the one hand, and reasonable and scientifically based laws and policies, on the other. Rather, Catholics should focus more on demonstrating that the specific laws and policies that restrict religious freedom are not rooted in objective reality and so are unjust. In this vein, this paper explores how the meanings of words such as “rights” are abused and used in such a way as to establish unjust laws, and encourages Catholics to demonstrate how their objections to unjust laws are rooted in reason and the best scientific inquiry, not mere religious belief.
{"title":"Religious Freedom and Catholicism in the American Political Order: In Defense of Truth","authors":"Steven J. Brust","doi":"10.5840/CSSR2018237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/CSSR2018237","url":null,"abstract":"This article argues that although Catholics are experiencing restrictions on their religious freedom, they should not couch their response primarily in terms of religious freedom because that tends to frame the issue as a conflict between unreasonable religious beliefs, on the one hand, and reasonable and scientifically based laws and policies, on the other. Rather, Catholics should focus more on demonstrating that the specific laws and policies that restrict religious freedom are not rooted in objective reality and so are unjust. In this vein, this paper explores how the meanings of words such as “rights” are abused and used in such a way as to establish unjust laws, and encourages Catholics to demonstrate how their objections to unjust laws are rooted in reason and the best scientific inquiry, not mere religious belief.","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133333488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Catholic and Constitutional Assessment of the Executive Power after the Obama Administration","authors":"Steven J. Brust","doi":"10.5840/cssr20182316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/cssr20182316","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116170684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predicting Evangelistic Behavior During the New Evangelization: A Parish-Based Analysis","authors":"R. Weaver","doi":"10.5840/CSSR20182317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/CSSR20182317","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128742245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Natural, Scientific, and Highly Effective Treatment for Infertility","authors":"M. A. Wilson","doi":"10.5840/CSSR20182320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/CSSR20182320","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"225 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114472359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Memoriam: Dr. Joseph Nicolosi (1947-2017)","authors":"L. Nicolosi","doi":"10.5840/CSSR2018231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/CSSR2018231","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"05 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124495473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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