Catholic Social Teaching
MRT2020
http://www.oocities.org/catholic_social_teaching/
Updated 3 February
2008
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Description:
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The Catholic Church has a developed a
large but little known body of teaching on social, economic, political, and cultural
matters. The opportunities and crises we face in the social order, nationally
and internationally, challenge Catholics as parents, citizens, clergy and
religious, teachers, workers, business and professional people, politicians,
and so on. We look around for explanations and guidelines which give us a
Christian perspective on contemporary local and foreign social events and
issues. What can we say, as Christians, about peace, economic justice,
development, racism and sexism, human rights, the dignity of persons and the
sacredness of human life, work and trade unions, and so on? |
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assessment: |
Written assignment. Assignments have
to be at least ten pages long, and they are to be handed in both in a hardcopy
and in an electronic copy to this site’s address. The electronic copy
will be used to check for plagiarism, so beware! You may find a list of
suggested topics here,
or else you might send me an email suggesting a particular topic of your
choosing. The deadline for handing in your assignment is 19 May 2008 and 2% marks per day will be deducted for late
assignments. Assignments may be
written in English or Maltese but correct orthography is expected in both
cases. |
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lecturer |
Rev. Dr Raymond Zammit
(catholic_social_teaching@yahoo.com) |
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Bibliography: |
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For a
comprehensive list of Papal and Episcopal Documents relating to Catholic Social Justice
Teaching, see http://www.justpeace.org/docu.htm ·
Coleman John, One Hundred Years of Catholic Social
Thought: Celebration and Challenge, New York 1991. (BQT3416.O5) ·
Dwyer Judith A (ed.), The
New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought, Minnesota: 1994 Ref. PBZ. ·
O’Brien David J – Shannon Thomas A, Catholic Social Teaching: The Documentary Heritage, New York
1992. ·
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, Città del Vaticano:
Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2004. ·
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace,
The Social Agenda: A Collection of
Magisterial Texts, Robert A Sirico – Maciej Zieba (eds), Città Del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana. (as pdf) |
Course outline
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Introduction: A Faith that Demands Justice
Readings:
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USCCB, Communities
of Salt and Light: Reflections on the Social Mission of the Parish
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USCCB, Sharing
Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Directions
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Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, The Social Agenda (Article One: The Nature of Catholic
Social Teaching)
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History and overview of documents related to CST
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The Busy Christian's Guide to Catholic Social Teaching (Timeline 1, Timeline 2)
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The Human Person and Human Dignity
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Mary Ann Glendon, The
sources of ‘Rights talk’
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Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, The Social Agenda (Article Two: The Human Person)
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The
Christian Anthropology of John Paul II
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John
Paul II and the Mystery of the Human Person
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Person
and Gift according to Karol Wojtyla
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Institutions
of Social Organization: Family, Private Property, State
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The Call to Communion and Relationship
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Solidarity, Subsidiarity and
Participation
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What economic system to follow, or is there a
distinctively Catholic economic system?
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Richard John Neuhaus, The Liberalism of John Paul II, in First Things 73 (1997) 16-21.
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Maciej Ziebad, The Liberalism that
We Need, in First Things
40 (1994) 23-27.
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John Paul
II’s Use of the Term Neo-Liberalism in Ecclesia in America
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Economic Justice for All
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Preferential option for the poor
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Justice and the environment
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Immigration
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On war and peace
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Promoting Social Justice in the International
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Summary and Conclusion