The intimate : polity and the Catholic Church : laws about life, death and the family in so-called Catholic countries /

"For centuries the Catholic Church was able to impose her ethical rules in matters related to the intimate, that is questions concerning life (from its beginning until its end) and te family in the so-called Catholic countries in Western Europe. When the polity started to introduce legislation...

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Corporate Author: Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven (1970- )
Other Authors: Dobbelaere, Karel (Editor), Pérez-Agote, Alfonso (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, [2015]
Series:KADOC studies on religion, culture, and society ; 15.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Karel Dobbelaere and Alfonso Perez-Agote
  • Euthanasia and the Belgian Catholic world / Liliane Voye and Karel Dobbelaere
  • "Marriage pour tous" : the same-sex marriage controversy in France / Celine Beraud and Philippe Portier
  • The Italian Catholic Church and the artificial-insemination referendum / Annalisa Frisina, Franco Garelli, Enzo Pace, and Roberto Scalon
  • Ethical challenges of the Catholic Church in Portugal : the case of same-sex marriage / Helena Vilaca and Maria Joao Oliveira
  • The Catholic Church faces ethical challenges in Spain : the regulation of abortion / Alfonso Perez-Agote, Jose Santiago and Antonio Montanes
  • Comparative synthesis / Karel Dobbelaere, Alfonso Perez-Agote and Celine Beraud.