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The Politics of Mercy: Catholic Life in an Era of Inequality, Racism, and Violence

by Matthew T Eggemeier, Peter Joseph Fritz

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Herder & Herder
  • 15.2 x 22.9 cm

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In an era where the credibility of the Catholic Church has been called into question, hope for the future springs up, in that Catholic social teaching and the concrete witness of communities displays a powerful commitment to mercy. The Politics of Mercy reimagines the traditional spiritual and corporal works of mercy as a Catholic politics composed of spirituality, local charitable action, and broader work for justice. The book examines five contemporary social crises--inequality, migration, mass incarceration, war, and environmental degradation--and how Catholic teaching and theology can illuminate them. Featured are stories of Catholic organizations, including the Catholic Worker, Jesuit Refugee Service, Homeboy Industries, Catholic Relief Services, and Bethlehem Farm, each of which responds in particularly vibrant ways to the crises each chapter considers. This book presents a new apologetic for Catholicism, presenting the best that Catholics have to offer, namely a holistic life of mercy, which can help to reconcile and to heal a world riven by inequality, racism, and violence. Above all, The Politics of Mercy offers a vision of hope for our world.
The Politics of Mercy: Catholic Life in an Era of Inequality, Racism, and Violence and Send Lazarus: Catholicism and the Crises of Neoliberalism
Send Lazarus: Catholicism and the Crises of NeoliberalismThe Politics of Mercy: Catholic Life in an Era of Inequality, Racism, and Violence

  • Authors

    Matthew T Eggemeier +1

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Herder & Herder

  • Published

    September 2020

  • Dimensions

    15.2 x 22.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780824501860

  • ISBN-10

    0824501861

  • Eden Code

    5228605

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