The Catholic Religious Presence in Civil Society
A Waning Influence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3395482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jo Renee Formicola (Seton Hall University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 248 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel12040248 |
| OpenAlex | W3149905492 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
The Catholic Church is becoming a waning influence in global civil society. This is due, in part, to demographic changes that show an increasing loss of adherents within the Church's traditional strongholds. Coupled with the growth of liberal social policies and continuing revelations about the crimes of sexual abuse by its clergy, the Church is being forced to reconsider how to continue as a moral advocate in civil society. It has sought to do this by recalibrating its position in global church-state relations, moving toward a non-ideological or "third way" of politics, and seeking non-partisan solutions to social justice needs. However, even this shift has not been sufficient to address the erosion of the Church's positive, political influence globally. For the Church to be successful in this goal, it will be necessary to totally re-set its social agenda as well as its religious priorities. Such tasks, however, will be difficult at best and almost impossible to accomplish where the primary obstacle for successful political efficacy and internally meaningful change is the Church's own mismanagement of its two-millennia-old ecclesiastical structure
Civil society · Criminology · Economic Justice · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social change · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Catholicism and Religious Studies · Law · Religion and Society Interactions
Recalibrating U.S. Catholic Church–State Relations
The Vatican, the American Bishops, and the Church-State Ramifications of Clerical Sexual Abuse
Benevolent Secularism and the Recalibration of Church-State Relations in Ireland in the Aftermath of the Clergy Child Sex Abuse Scandals
Clerical Sexual Abuses and Church's Civil Responsibility
Reassessing the Immunity and Accountability of the Holy See in Clergy Sex Abuse Litigation
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |