Symposium on the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family--New Evangelization, New Families, and New Singles
Evangelization has long been tied to Catholic understandings of family. Parents are deemed the original source of Christian evangelization and witness for their children, and thus the family is assumed to be at the center of any kind of broader evangelization that happens. It makes sense, then, that...
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| description | Evangelization has long been tied to Catholic understandings of family. Parents are deemed the original source of Christian evangelization and witness for their children, and thus the family is assumed to be at the center of any kind of broader evangelization that happens. It makes sense, then, that family becomes a central topic of conversation for bishops in relation to what it means to be church in the contemporary world. That said, in this brief discussion, I raise a tension in the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family. On the one hand, it seems to raise up the nuclear family as a kind of idol. On the other hand, it discusses several forms of singleness that present a more expanded and open view of the family. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-59b1ee29c73e49168e08d244d8c0e6642023-10-20T17:34:32ZengThe Journal of Moral Theology, Inc.Journal of Moral Theology2166-28512166-21182016-06-0152Symposium on the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family--New Evangelization, New Families, and New SinglesJana Marguerite BennettEvangelization has long been tied to Catholic understandings of family. Parents are deemed the original source of Christian evangelization and witness for their children, and thus the family is assumed to be at the center of any kind of broader evangelization that happens. It makes sense, then, that family becomes a central topic of conversation for bishops in relation to what it means to be church in the contemporary world. That said, in this brief discussion, I raise a tension in the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family. On the one hand, it seems to raise up the nuclear family as a kind of idol. On the other hand, it discusses several forms of singleness that present a more expanded and open view of the family.https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/11323-symposium-on-the-2015-synod-of-bishops-on-the-family-new-evangelization-new-families-and-new-singles |
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