An Introduction to Catholic Social Thought (Introduction to Religion)

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Tables and figure......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Dedication......Page 13
Abbreviations and acronyms......Page 14
PAPAL ENCYCLICAL SETC......Page 16
PART I Social reality and social analysis......Page 17
JUSTICE-SEEKING IN A CHANGING WORLD......Page 19
CATHOLIC APPROACHES......Page 26
STRUCTURAL INJUSTICES......Page 29
ACTION RESPONSES......Page 32
SUMMARY......Page 34
THE SOCIAL CONTEXT......Page 36
GLOBALIZATION......Page 38
LIBERAL CAPITALISM......Page 40
POWER......Page 45
SECULAR PLURALISM......Page 49
GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE......Page 51
PART II Theological resources......Page 57
SETTING OUT......Page 59
‘Already’ but ‘not yet’......Page 60
God’s work......Page 63
POLITICAL THEOLOGY......Page 64
JUSTICE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD......Page 69
SECULAR APPROACHES TO JUSTICE......Page 74
CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS......Page 76
CITIZENSHIP......Page 78
PARTICIPATION......Page 80
FREEDOM......Page 84
EQUALITY......Page 91
SOLIDARITY......Page 97
CONCLUSIONS......Page 99
INTRODUCTION......Page 101
ON NATURAL LAW......Page 103
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF OFFICIAL TEACHING......Page 107
Human dignity......Page 120
Subsidiarity......Page 121
Solidarity......Page 122
EVALUATION......Page 123
THEOLOGICAL RESOURCES: CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS......Page 128
PART III Justice issues......Page 131
RIGHTS AND REALITY......Page 133
THE EMERGENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSE......Page 134
THE RIGHT TO LIFE AND THE DEATH PENALTY......Page 137
The right to a fair trial......Page 139
The right to a fair punishment......Page 141
The right to dissent: prisoners of conscience......Page 142
The right to freedom from torture......Page 143
The right to be free from slavery......Page 144
THE RIGHT TO MIGRATE......Page 146
The rights of refugees......Page 147
The rights of asylum seekers......Page 149
The rights of migrant workers......Page 151
Ethnic minorities and racism......Page 154
Sexism......Page 157
Ageism: children’s rights......Page 159
HUMAN RIGHTS IN CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT......Page 161
THE CHANGING CONTEXT......Page 163
THE CONTEMPORARY FAMILY......Page 165
CATHOLIC TEACHING ON THE FAMILY......Page 166
GENDER DIFFERENTIATION......Page 176
BIOETHICAL CHALLENGES......Page 179
Organ transplants and surgical procedures enhancing life......Page 180
Abortion and related procedures......Page 181
Voluntary and involuntary euthanasia......Page 184
Gene therapy and human genetic engineering......Page 187
CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS......Page 190
THE SALIENCE OF ECONOMIC ISSUES......Page 193
VARIATIONS IN ECONOMIC SYSTEMS......Page 197
DEVELOPMENTS IN CATHOLIC THOUGHT......Page 199
Rerum Novarum (Leo XIII 1891)......Page 200
Quadragesimo Anno (Pius XI 1931)......Page 202
Mater et Magistra (John XXIII 1961)......Page 205
Gaudium et Spes (Vatican II 1965)......Page 207
Octogesima Adveniens (Paul VI 1971)......Page 208
Laborem Exercens (John Paul II 1981)......Page 209
Economic Justice for All (United States Bishops 1986)......Page 213
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (John Paul II 1987)......Page 216
Centesimus Annus (John Paul II 1991)......Page 217
The Common Good (Bishops of England and Wales 1996)......Page 218
MAJOR THEMES AND EVALUATION......Page 219
ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR ALL......Page 221
A MULTIDIMENSIONAL CONCEPT......Page 224
Income and wealth......Page 225
Poverty......Page 227
Low pay......Page 229
Health......Page 230
Crime......Page 231
Ethnic minorities......Page 232
Debt......Page 233
Multiple economic disadvantage......Page 234
SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS......Page 235
CATHOLIC APPROACHES TO INEQUALITY......Page 239
Rerum Novarum (Leo XIII 1891)......Page 240
Quadragesimo Anno (Pius XI, 1931)......Page 241
Mater et Magistra (John XXIII 1961)......Page 242
Octogesima Adveniens (Paul VI 1971)......Page 243
Economic Justice for All (United States Catholic Bishops 1986)......Page 244
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (John Paul II 1987)......Page 245
Centesimus Annus (John Paul II 1991)......Page 246
Tertio Millennio Adveniente (John Paul II 1994)......Page 247
The Common Good (Bishops of England and Wales 1996)......Page 248
Catholic non-official social thought......Page 249
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OTHER CHRISTIANS......Page 251
TOWARDS A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE......Page 254
INTERNATIONAL INEQUALITIES AND INJUSTICES......Page 257
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY......Page 262
A CRITIQUE OF LIBERAL CAPITALISM......Page 268
Mater et Magistra ( John XXIII 1961)......Page 275
Populorum Progressio (Paul VI 1967)......Page 277
Octogesima Adveniens (Paul VI 1971)......Page 279
Justice in the World (Synod of Bishops 1971)......Page 280
CELAM III at Puebla (1979)......Page 281
Economic Justice for All (US Bishops 1986)......Page 282
International Debt (Pontifical Justice and Peace Commission 1986)......Page 284
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (John Paul II 1987)......Page 285
Centesimus Annus (John Paul II 1991)......Page 288
Tertio Millennio Adveniente (John Paul II 1994)......Page 289
Towards a Better Distribution of Land (Pontifical Justice and Peace Commission/Council 1997)......Page 290
Catholic non-official social thought......Page 291
OTHER CHRISTIAN RESPONSES......Page 295
FROM AMELIORATION TO ADVOCACY......Page 296
THE UBIQUITY OF CONFLICT......Page 298
WAR, STRATEGY AND LEGITIMACY......Page 300
CATHOLIC APPROACHES TO WAR AND PEACE......Page 304
Pacem in Terris (John XXIII 1963)......Page 305
Gaudium et Spes (Vatican II 1965)......Page 307
World Days of Peace (Paul VI 1968–78)......Page 308
The Challenge of Peace (United States Bishops 1983)......Page 309
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (John Paul II 1987)......Page 314
The International Arms Trade: an Ethical Reflection (Pontifical Council 1994)......Page 315
Non-official Catholic thought......Page 316
PACIFISM AND NON-VIOLENCE......Page 317
THE JUST WAR TRADITION......Page 320
ORGANIZED VIOLENCE IN A GLOBALERA......Page 322
(a) Genocide......Page 323
(b) Terrorism......Page 324
(c) Development......Page 327
THE ARMS TRADE......Page 328
TOWARDS A CULTURE OF PEACE......Page 331
PART IV Action responses......Page 335
THE GLOBAL SOCIAL CONTEXT......Page 337
SCRIPTURAL AND THEOLOGICAL RESOURCES......Page 339
DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL INTERCONNECTEDNESS......Page 342
A JUSTICE AND PEACE NETWORK......Page 345
Political opportunities......Page 347
Mobilizing structures......Page 348
Framing processes......Page 349
(b) A global justice movement?......Page 351
A CALL TO ACTION......Page 352
THE FAMILY AND BIOETHICAL ISSUES......Page 359
AUTHENTIC DEVELOPMENT......Page 360
GENERAL......Page 361
References......Page 362
Index......Page 380