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CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING AND ISSUES OF JUSTICE
Daily Reading Assignments

Monday, June 8, 2009

Historical and Social Contexts for Catholic Social Thought: Pre/Post Vatican Council II

Barbara Wall, Office for Mission & Ministry / Philosophy

Rerum Novarum,
 
Pope Leo XIII, 1891.
Gaudium et Spes,
 
Pope Paul VI, 1965.
Pacem in Terris,
  Pope John XXIII, 1963.
Justice in the World,
  World Synod of Catholic Bishops, 1971.

Introduction to Modern Catholicism (pp. 1-38)
  Russell Hittinger
  in The Teaching of Modern Roman Catholicism on Law, Politics and Human Nature
 
John Witte and Frank Alexander (eds.), Columbia University Press, 2007.
  Full text here
Early Modern Roman Catholic Social Thought, 1740 - 1890
  Michael J Schuck
  in Modern Catholic Social Thought: Commentaries and Interpretations,
  Michael Himes (ed), Georgetown University Press, 2004.
  Full text here

Catholic Social Teaching 1891- Present: A Historical and Ethical Analysis
(pp. 21-124)
Charles Curran, Georgetown University Press, 2002.

Introduction
FULL TEXT CLICK HERE
Chapter 1 - Theological Methodology
FULL TEXT CLICK HERE
Chapter 2 - Ethical Methodology
FULL TEXT CLICK HERE
Chapter 3 - Ecclesial Methodology
FULL TEXT CLICK HERE

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Theological and Anthropological Foundations for Catholic Social Thought
Kevin Hughes, Theology and Religious Studies

The Consequences of Faith in Creation (pp. 79-100)
  Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger translated by Boniface Ramsey
  in In the Beginning: A Catholic Understanding of the Creation and the Fall

  Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing (1995)
  Full text available here.

Original Sin (pp. 166-181)
  Herbert McCabe, OP
  in God Still Matters, New York: Continuum (2005)
  Full text available here.
Christ in Politics (pp. 79-91)
  Herbert McCabe, OP
  in God Still Matters, New York: Continuum (2005)
  Full text available here.

Centesimus Annus Chapter 6 (par. 53-62)
  Full text available here.

Catholic Social Thought and Economic Justice
Robert DeFina, Economics / Sociology

Economic Justice for All Twenty Years Later
  David Hollenbach, Journal of Catholic Social Thought (Summer 2008)
 
Full text here
Economic Justice for All
- Chapters 1, 2 and 3
  USCCB, 1986
  Full text here

Service Learning: Scholarship for the Common Good
Noreen Cameron
Service Learning Office - College of Arts and Sciences

Populorum Progressio: On the Development of Peoples
  Paul VI, 1967

  Full text available here.
Solicitudo Rei Socialis: On Social Concern 
  Pope John Paul II, 1987
  Full text available here.
Justice in the World
  World Synod of Catholic Bishops, 1971
  Full text available here.
Power Point
Presentation:
  Click Here

ALSO RECOMMENDED - Articles and Chapters
"The Task of a Christian University"
  Ignacio Ellacuria S.J.   
  Companions of Jesus. New York:  Orbis Press, October 1990.
"The Universities Christian Inspiration"
  John Sobrino. S.J.
  Companions of Jesus. New York:  Orbis Press, October 1990.
Jane Addams and the Origins of Service-Learning Practice in the United States. 
  Gary Daynes and Nicholas Longo. 
  Michigan Journal of Service Learning
, Fall 2004, pp5-13 
  http://www.umich.edu/~mjcsl/
Pedagogy and Engagement. 
  Edward Zlotkowksi. 
  Introduction to Service Learning Tool Kit. Campus Compact Publication, Brown University, 2003.
Socialized Education. 
  Jane Addams. Twenty Years at Hull House.  New York:  MacMillan Company, 1912.
 
Full text here
Jane Addams, "Problems of Poverty,"
  Chapter 8 in Twenty Years at Hull-House with Autobiographical Notes
  (New York: MacMillan, 1910): 154-176. 
  Full text here.

ALSO RECOMMENDED - Books

Eyler, Janet and Dwight E. Giles, JR. Where's the Learning in Service Learning? 
  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc. 1999.
  Click here for description.
AAHE series on Service Learning in the Disciples. 
  Click here for description

Wednesday, June 10th
Description, Reading List and Electronic Links Now Available
Theories of Justice and the Common Good
Thomas W. Smith, Humanities and Augustinian Traditions / Political Science

Populorum Progressio - Parts I and II 
  Paul VI (1967)
  In O'Brien & Shannon (pp. 241 - 259)
On Social Concerns - Parts 3 - 6 
  John Paul II (1987)
  In O'Brien & Shannon (pp. 401-428)
Centessimus Annus - Part 3 
  John Paul II, (1991) 
  In O'Brien & Shannon (pp. 454 - 461)
RECOMMENDED
Catholic Social Teaching and Modern Liberal Democracy   Thomas W. Smith, Logos: The Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 11:1 (Winter, 2008), 15- 48.

  Full text here.

Catholic Social Thought and Ecology
Barbara Wall
Office for Mission & Ministry / Philosophy

The Ecological Crisis: A Common Responsibility,
  John Paul II (1990)
Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence and the Common Good
  USCCB (2001)
Renewing the Earth: An Invitation to Reflection and Action
  USCCB (1992)
What's Happening to Our Beautiful Land?
  CBCP, (1988)

A New Earth: The Environmental Challenge
  Australian Catholic Bishops (2002)

Catholic Social Thought and Human Work
Sally Scholz, Philosophy

Laborem Exercens
  Full text here.

ALSO RECOMMENDED
An Encyclical on Work and Solidarity in Options for the Poor
  Donal Dorr, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books (1992)

  Full text here.
Office of Mission and Ministry collected resources
  Links to texts available here.

Thursday, June 11th

An Ethic of Life
Darlene Weaver
Theology and Religious Studies

Humane Vitae,
  Full text here.
Donum Vitae - Sections II & III
  Full text here.

Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services - Sections 4 & 5 
  Full text here.

Catholic Social Thought and the Morality of War
William Werpehowski
Theology and Religious Studies / Peace & Justice Education

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, The Challenge of Peace,  PAR. 56-121 only
  Full text here.
John Paul II, World Day of Peace Message, 1982, PAR. 12 only
  Full text here.
Robert Schreiter, "The Future of Catholic Peacebuilding,"
  Full text here.

Catholic Social Thought and Racism
Lawrence Little, History

Strange Fruit
James Cone

Brothers and Sisters to Us
U.S. Catholic Bishops Pastoral Letter on Racism (1979)

The Church and Racism: An Introductory Update
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (2001)
What We Have Seen and Heard: A Pastoral Letter on Evangelization
The Black Bishops of the United States (1983)

Friday, June 12th

The Role of the Church in Public Life and Issues of Justice
Michael Moreland, Villanova School of Law

John Courtney Murray, S.J., “Introduction: The Civilization of the Pluralist Society” and “Is It Basket Weaving?:
  The Question of Christianity and Human Values,” in We Hold These Truths:
  Catholic Reflections on the American Proposition
(New York: Sheed & Ward, 1960), 5-24, 175-96. 
Alasdair MacIntyre, “Justice as a Virtue: Changing Conceptions,”
  in After Virtue, 3rd ed. (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2007), 244-55. 
Herbert McCabe, O.P., “Christ and Politics,” in God Still Matters, ed. Brian Davies, O.P.
  (London: Continuum, 2002), 79-91. 
  Texts for all three readings here.

 

 

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