What is and what ought to be : the dialectic of experience, theology, and church /

Lawler, Michael G.

What is and what ought to be : the dialectic of experience, theology, and church / Michael G. Lawler. - New York : Continuum, 2005. - xiv, 205 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-202) and index.

Theology, sociology, and theologians -- Theology and sociology : mutual mediations -- Sociology of knowledge and theology -- Theology, sociology, and Scripture -- The church emerging in the human community -- Reception and sensus fidei -- Sociology, divorce and remarriage, contraception.

0826417043 (paperback : alk. paper)

2004029169


Catholic Church--Doctrines.


Theology, Practical--Methodology.
Christianity and the social sciences.

BX1753 / .L375 2005

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