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Article: REINVENTING LIBERAL CATHOLICISM : Between powerful enemies & dubious allies.
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- Commonweal
- Article date:
- November 19, 1999
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Let's not waste a minute: What is a crisis? What is liberal Catholicism?
Crisis. From the Greek verb krisis, turning point, from krinein, to separate, decide. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a crisis is "a crucial turning point or situation in the course of anything." A crisis is "an unstable condition in political, international, or economic affairs in which an abrupt or decisive change is impending." A crisis is "the point in a story or drama at which hostile forces are in the most tense state of opposition."
Is liberal Catholicism at a crucial turning point? Is liberal Catholicism in an unstable condition, on the verge of significant ...