Interrupting Capitalism: Catholic Social Thought and the Economy

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Interrupting Capitalism
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1. Interrupting Capitalism
	Secularization, Pluralization, Individualization
		The Religious and the Secular
		Disembedding the Social Spheres
		The Postmodern Condition
	The Church in a Postsecular Time
2. Three Theses for a Catholic Vision of Economic Life
	A Theology of Interruption
	A Communitarian Catholic Vision
	Critical Realism and Institutional Economics
		Critical Realism
		Institutional Economics
	Conclusion
3. Reconstructing Europe’s Economy
	The Aftermath of the War
	Keynesianism
	Varieties of Capitalism in Postwar Europe
		Social Democracy
		Organicist Capitalism
		The German Social-​Market Economy
	The Integration of Europe
	The Consumer Society
	Conclusion
4. Social Catholicism and Christian Democracy
	Social Catholicism
		Social Catholicism in the Nineteenth Century
		Initial Responses to Integralism
		Secularization and De-​Confessionalization
	Christian Democracy
		Sources and Successes
		The Christian Democratic Platform
	Conclusion
5. Modern Catholic Social Thought: Maritain and Chenu
	Jacques Maritain
		The New Christendom
		The Humanist Economy
		Strengths and Weaknesses
	Marie-​Dominique Chenu, O.P.
		The Socialization of Work
		The Incarnation and Worldly Autonomy
		Strengths and Weaknesses
	Conclusion
6. The Aggiornamento Framework
	The Autonomy of Earthly Affairs
	Authentic Humanism
	Grace in History
	The Role of the Church
	Conclusion
7. The Aggiornamento Framework’s Economic Vision
	An Aggiornamento Economic Model
		The Organicism of the Aggiornamento Framework
		An Opening to the Left?
	Development in the Global South
		The Rise of the Global South
		Theories of Development
		The Aggiornamento Framework and Development
	Conclusion
8. Liberation Theology in Latin America
	A Time of Hope and Despair
		Chile
		Brazil
		El Salvador
	The Ecclesial Context for Liberation Theology
	Gustavo Gutiérrez
		The Irruption of the Poor
		Integral Liberation
	Ignacio Ellacuría
		Salvation in Historical Reality
		The Crucified People
	Conclusion
9. Liberation Theology and Social Analysis
	Dependency Theory
		Liberation Theology and Dependency Theory
		The Limitations of Dependency Theory
	Marxist Social Analysis
		Social Structures
		Praxis and Class Conflict
	Liberation Theology: A Theology of Continuity
	Conclusion
10. American Social Catholicism and the US Economy
	The Liberal American Economy
	American Social Catholicism
	The Transformation of the US Economy
		The Economic Crises of the 1970s
		Reaganomics
	Conclusion
11. Progressive Catholicism in the United States
	The Progressive Catholicism of David Hollenbach
		The Perils of Pluralism
		The Dignity of the Person and Human Rights
		The Common Good
		The Principle of Subsidiarity
		The Role of the Church
		Strengths and Weaknesses
	The US Bishops’ Pastoral Economic Justice for All
		The Theology of Economic Justice for All
		The Economic Vision of Economic Justice for All
		A New American Experiment
	Conclusion
12. Neoconservative Catholicism in the United States
	Democratic Capitalism
		The Market as an Institution
		The Common Good
		The “Communitarian” Market
		Capitalism and Religious Faith
	Strengths and Weaknesses
		Praxis and Structure
		What Is Democratic Capitalism?
		Theological Criticisms
	Conclusion
13. The Early Teaching of John Paul II
	The Philosophy of Karol Wojtyła
		Self-​Determination and Praxis
		Participation
	Human Work
		The Objective and Subjective Dimensions of Work
		The Priority of Labor and Worker Participation
	Structures of Sin
		What Are Structures of Sin?
		Structures of Sin and Solidarity in the Global Economy
	Authentic Liberation
		Development and Liberation
		Christian Faith in History
	Conclusion
14. John Paul II’s Centesimus Annus
	The Free Market
	The Role of the State
	The Logic of the Market
	The Vision of Centesimus Annus
		The Social Market
		The Communio Framework
	Conclusion
15. Globalization and Benedict XVI’s Caritas in Veritate
	Globalization
		Neoliberalism and Economic Globalization
		Political Globalization
		Cultural Globalization
	Pope Benedict XVI’s Caritas in Veritate
		Charity in Truth
		Benedict XVI on Globalization
		The Civil Economy
		Cultural Globalization and the Technocratic Mindset
		Evaluation of Caritas in Veritate
	The Globalization of Catholic Social Thought
		Catholic Social Thought in Asia: Mary Mee-​Yin Yuen
		Catholic Social Thought in Africa: Stan Chu Ilo
	Conclusion
16. Catholic Social Thought in an Age of Austerity
	Five Contemporary Catholic Voices
		Human Rights and Solidarity: Meghan J. Clark
		Tea Party Catholicism: Samuel Gregg
		Liberation Theology in the US: Christine Firer Hinze and María Teresa Dávila
		A Communitarian Critique of Globalization: William T. Cavanaugh
	Organicist Communitarianism
	Conclusion
Conclusion: Pope Francis
	 The God of Newness
	 Integral Ecology
	 Social Movements
Notes
Bibliography
Index