What are the trajectories of global Catholicism in this present age of disruption? We see disruption as indicative of our time: political (crisis of representative democracy and the nation state), social (social inequality and collapse of intermediate bodies between state and individual), and economic (income disparities and a declining middle class). We envision papers exploring emerging ecclesial-theological-social developments around such disruptions in various contexts, including:
- A country or region
- Transnational ecclesial movements (for example, the Neo-Catechumenate, Focolare, or Sant’Egidio)
- Ecclesial responses from the Holy See, bishops’ conferences, or bishops and dioceses
- Catholic-related political parties or social movements
- Emerging reflections of Catholic intellectuals and cultural networks.
Each paper should be comparative at some level, considering another case within world Catholicism, whether briefly or in-depth, thereby rounding out the argument.
Presiding:
- Bryan Froehle (St. Thomas University)
Discussant:- Massimo Faggioli (Villanova University)
Panelists:- Porsiana Beatrice (CSRP, University of St. Andrews) - Pope Francis: Disrupting the Globalization of Indifference
- Ryszard Bobrowicz (Lund University) - Catholicism in Sweden: Embodying the “Church of Mission”
- Pierre Noel (University of Sherbrooke) - Disruptive Teachings? The Global Financial System in the Vatican document "Oeconomicae et Pecuniariae Quaestiones"
Language: English / Italian
