The Family as Basic Social Unit - Hardcoverby Kevin Schemenauer (Author), John S. Grabowski (Foreword by) The Family as Basic Social Unit provides a theologically rooted account of the family's social roles and responsibilities. As a basic social unit, the family is both internally social and socially interdependent with other social communities. Reflecting on the family's internally social character, Schemenauer proposes that Catholic social teaching applies to family interactions. He