What is the role of the Church in the age of polarization? What resourcesĚýcan our Catholic faith offer to heal fierce partisanship of our times? How might the sacramental imagination and wisdom of Catholic Social Teaching transform the "us" vs. "them" mentality that holds so many in its grip? It is tempting to feel fatalistic about the growing polarization around us, but there are good reasons for hope. This is what this latest issue ofĚýC21 ResourcesĚýmagazine means to inspire.
, Civilize It: A Better Kind of Politics, which includes a pledge, Scripture meditations, promotion packet, prayers, tips from Pope Francis, reflections, (including those published in this issue of C21 Resources), and more.
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, published in The Journalist’s ResourceĚý(a project of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy) and more resources from this organization.
Ěýand more resources from the National Catholic Reporter.
Use these links for the , entitled “Reflections on Impediments to Synodality: Polarization and the Escalation of Conflict,” and
, “In Conversation: Honoring Ideological Divides On and Off Campus,” with Lisa Kloppenberg, Vincent Rougeau, and Eduardo Peñalver, and discover more resources from Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education.
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Joan D. Chittister, O.S.B. - offered by the , the entitled "A Moment for Something More Soulful Than Politics,” published in Oneing, and more information from through these links.
Hosffman Ospino - Dr. Ospino's full chapter, “The Unheeded Middle: Catholic Conservative-Liberal Polarities in an Increasingly Catholic Church,” and many more resources from authors across the Catholic Church are published in (edited by Mary Ellen Konieczny, Charles C. Comosy, and Tricia C. Bruce, Liturgical Press, 2016).
Christine Emba - This excerpt is from a panel discussion, at the Georgetown University - Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life covening in 2018. , “Though Many, One: Overcoming Polarization through Catholic Social Thought.”
Fr. Aaron Wessman - To on his book, (New City Press, 2023).
from the American Enterprise Institute, his book , and additional resources from.
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from entitled “Reaching Across the Abortion Divide: Resources for Arguing Well on Campus in the Post-Roe Era” through the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) Jesuit Channel.
,ĚýCivilize It: A Better Kind of Politics, which includes a pledge, Scripture meditations, promotion packet, prayers, tips from Pope Francis, reflections, (including those published in this issue ofĚýC21 Resources), and more.
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To Ěýonline at America magazine and access additional resources from America Media.
