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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 320 EAN: 9781590202043 Edition: Original ISBN: 159020204X Label: PENGU Manufacturer: PENGU Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: September 15, 2008 Publisher: PENGU Studio: PENGU Editorial Review: Product Description: Douglas Kmiecs Can a Catholic Support Him? may very well become the most important comprehensive document written to date on American Catholics, abortion, and candidates for public office. Martin Sheen On April 18, 2008, Douglas W. Kmiec was denied Communion at a Catholic Mass in Westlake, California. Ironically, Kmiec had been invited by a Catholic business group to give a dinner address on the Bishops teaching of Faithful Citizenship. Kmiec had served as head of the Office of Legal Counsel for both Ronald Regan and George H. W. Bush. But now, he found himself rejected by his faithsimply for endorsing the presidential campaign of Senator Barack Obama. In Can a Catholic Support Him?, Kmiec offers us a thoughtful explanation of his rationale. He addresses the difficult questions at the core of his decision: Can a Catholic support a Pro-Choice candidate? Can there be a reverence for life that embraces a larger set of values? How does a Catholic citizen balance his obligations to the Church and to community? In asking these questions, he challenges those whose partisan interests are provoking a false rift between the Catholic Church and the Democratic party. This inquiry could hardly be more timely. Catholics have been on the side of the top vote-getter in the last nine presidential elections, and make up roughly one fourth of the electorate. This provocative bookat once a legal and religious treatise and a sincere and personal journey of faithwill be an irreplaceable contribution to the conversation, in 2008 and beyond. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A thoughtful and prayerful refutation of single-issue politicsMr. Kmiec's courageous challenge of the single-issue, overturn-Roe litmus test that many Catholics use in deciding who gets their vote is refreshing. Rating:  - A Civil ExchangeI recently had an email exchange with Professor Kmiec about his belief that a pro-life Catholic can vote for Senator Obama. I very much disagree with his balancing of abortion vs. other social issues, and we exchanged our views. I think the following may help illustrate that people can disagree civilly and without demonizing those with whom they disagree. Some of the commentary here is rather over the top. I cannot post this without rating the book, but you should be aware that it's artificial ... Read More Rating:  - Doug Kmiec says he's CatholicKmiec can claim to be Catholic; But in reality.. just because he makes this claim, it does not make it so! To be truly Catholic, you need to practice what you allege! He is talking out of two sides of his face at one time. He cannot speak with any authority about Catholic theology and teaching! His choices (which promotes taking innocent lives)cannot be rationally explained.. but can be rationally understood! I would hope his reasons (for his sake) are out of ignorance; ... Read More Rating: - Archbishop Chaput Acting More Politician Than Theologian?opinion Archibishop Chaput's comments on Barack Obama By Steven Millies, from the Denver Post Article Last Updated: 10/23/2008 05:40:36 PM MDT I have met Archbishop Charles Chaput and, because I have experienced his warmth and generosity myself, I admire him. However, I disagree with Archbishop Chaput when he calls Barack Obama the "most committed abortion rights candidate in 35 years," and when he says that prominent Catholics like Douglas Kmiec who support ... Read More Rating: - "The last best hope" for the Nation and our Church"Can A Catholic support Him?" is a seminal work that is at the forefront of redefining the parameters of the public debate on abortion. It is equally as important a work that reflects a changing paradigm within the Catholic Church in the emergence of leadership that lay persons are demonstrating in the Church in the wake of the clergy sexual abuse crisis. The importance of this book for Catholics goes beyond the well honed arguments one would expect from a professor of Constitutional law and the thoughtful tone ... Read More |
