Negotiating Social Inclusion: the Catholic Church in Australia and the Public Sphere
Author(s)
Lynch, Andrew P.Keywords
Sociology & anthropologySoziologie, Anthropologie
Macrosociology, Analysis of Whole Societies
Sociology of Religion
Religionssoziologie
Soziologie von Gesamtgesellschaften
Öffentlichkeit
soziale Norm
Katholizismus
gesellschaftliches Bewusstsein
sexueller Missbrauch
Säkularisierung
Wertorientierung
Australien
Inklusion
Macht
katholische Kirche
Einfluss
Religion
Religionsgemeinschaft
Einstellung
power
value-orientation
social norm
the public
influence
Catholic Church (Roman)
religious community
sexual abuse
inclusion
Catholicism
attitude
secularization
Australia
religion
social consciousness
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This paper argues that for religion, social inclusion is not certain once gained, but needs to be constantly renegotiated in response to continued challenges, even for mainstream religious organisations such as the Catholic Church. The paper will analyse the Catholic Church’s involvement in the Australian public sphere, and after a brief overview of the history
 of Catholicism’s struggle for equal status in Australia, will consider its response to recent challenges to maintain its position of inclusion and relevance in Australian society. This will include an examination of its handling of sexual abuse allegations brought forward by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and its attempts to promote its vision of ethics and morals in the face of calls for marriage equality and other social issues in a
 society of greater religious diversity. (author's abstract)Date
2016-07-12Type
journal articleIdentifier
oai:gesis.izsoz.de:document/472652183-2803
http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/47265
https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v4i2.500