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Article: Living a public life.(Regular features on the NCR Web site)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- May 14, 2004
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Writer's Desk Excerpt from April 26
People who think about--who care about--how the sociological entity called "the Catholic church" interacts with, influences and is influenced by contemporary American culture have had a wealth of material to peruse recently.
Another valuable resource became available early this year, American Catholics and Civic Engagement: A Distinctive Voice, edited by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels. The book, the first of two volumes, contains the lectures and papers delivered at a series of colloquia organized by the Commonweal Foundation, which publishes Commonweal magazine. It is the culmination of a three-year project, American ...