Essential Catholic Social Thought

Essential Catholic Social Thought

Author: Bernard V. Brady

Publisher: Orbis Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1570757569

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This book provides a broad view of the basic features of the rich tradition of Catholic reflection and action on social issues. In the words of Brady, "the Catholic social tradition is about action and contemplation. It calls on persons to take responsibility for themselves and for their neighbors. It aims to reach the hearts and the minds of persons. . . . It seeks personal conversion and social transformation." Written in an accessible style and designed for a one-semester course, it presents the principles of Catholic social thought along with their historical development and abridged excerpts from relevant documents. Each chapter includes study/discussion questions and begins and ends with a traditional Catholic prayer.


Essential Catholic Social Thought

Essential Catholic Social Thought

Author: Bernard V. Brady

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781626982444

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Revised and expanded, this rigorous and comprehensive review of Catholic social teaching includes excerpts of crucial documents and up-to-date analyses of the latest encyclicals.


Catholic Social Thought

Catholic Social Thought

Author: David J. O'Brien

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781570758911

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This classic compendium of church teaching offers the most complete access to more than 100 years of official statements of the Catholic Church on social issues.


The World as it Could be

The World as it Could be

Author: Thomas D. Williams

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780824526665

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An analysis of contemporary Catholic social thought, including topics of multiculturalism, economic justice, abortion, and capital punishment.


Catholic Social Teaching and Movements

Catholic Social Teaching and Movements

Author: Marvin L. Krier Mich

Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 9780896229365

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This introductory book to Catholic social teaching covers not only the official documents and encyclicals but also gives a sense of the movements and people who embodied the struggle for social justice in the last 100 years.


Catholic Social Thought

Catholic Social Thought

Author: Anthony J. Blasi

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2008-10-25

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0739130587

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Catholic Social Thought presents detailed commentary and response to the Vatican's 2005 Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, with contributions from outstanding American scholars. Addressing theology, social theory, the family, economy, government, labor, global society, gender, peace, and the environment, the various authors explore the core theology, explain the Compendium's themes and arguments, and apply their own intellectual powers to applications of its teachings. Some of the essays are largely expository, some more critical (in both positive and negative senses). Some operate from a standard of magisterial assent in conformity with Ad Tuendam Fidam, others do not. Together, the essays represent the range of Catholic thinking on social issues in the American Church today.


Handbook of Catholic Social Teaching

Handbook of Catholic Social Teaching

Author: Martin Schlag

Publisher: CUA Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 0813229324

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Handbook of Catholic Social Teaching employs a question and answer format, to better accentuate the response of the Church's message to the questions Catholics have about their social role and what the Church intends to teach about it. Written in consultation with the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, the Handbook should take its place alongside the Catechism of the Social Doctrine of the Church on the shelf of informed Catholics as works that can inform what we believe and do in the public sphere.


Church, State, and Society

Church, State, and Society

Author: J. Brian Benestad

Publisher: Catholic University of America Press + ORM

Published: 2012-08-07

Total Pages: 784

ISBN-13: 081321923X

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How can the Catholic faith help not only Catholics, but all people, build a just and flourishing society? The Catholic Church contributes first and foremost to the common good by forming the consciences of the faithful. Faith helps reason achieve an understanding of the common good and guides individuals in living justly and harmoniously. In this book, J. Brian Benestad provides a detailed, accessible introduction to Catholic social doctrine (CSD), the Church’s teachings on the human person, the family, society, political life, charity, justice, and social justice. Church, State, and Society explains the nuanced understanding of human dignity and the common good found in the Catholic intellectual tradition. It makes the case that liberal-arts education is an essential part of the common good because it helps people understand their dignity and all that justice requires. The author shows the influence of ancient and modern political philosophy and examines St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, papal social encyclicals, Vatican Council II, and postconciliar magisterial teaching. Benestad highlights the teachings of popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI that the attainment of the common good depends on the practice of the virtues by citizens and leaders alike. In addition to discussing the tension between CSD and liberal democracy, the book takes an in-depth look at: –Key themes of social life: the dignity of the human person, human rights, natural law, and the common good –Three principal mediating institutions of civil society: family, Church, and Catholic university –The economy, work, poverty, immigration, and the environment –The international community and just war principles “Excellent . . . The best treatment of Catholic Social Doctrine as a whole and a precious reminder of the intrinsically problematic character of modern democracy.” —Perspectives on Political Science