What is and what ought to be : the dialectic of experience, theology, and church - Lawler, Michael G. (New York : Continuum, 2005)
Theology, sociology, and theologians -- Theology and sociology : mutual mediations -- Sociology of knowledge and theology -- Theology, sociology, and Scripture -- The church emerging in the human community -- Reception and sensus fidei -- Sociology, divorce and remarriage, contraception.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-202) and index.
Keywords: Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Theology, Practical -- Methodology; Christianity and the social sciences