Available Fellowships: 12
Deadline for
Application: March 17, 2008
Purpose:
To promote the
incorporation of Catholic Social Teaching into existing course syllabi and the development
of new courses with a significant Catholic Social Teaching component.
Eligibility: Full Time Faculty. We welcome
scholars without regard to religious belief, and we particularly encourage junior faculty
members and younger scholars to apply.
Description:
The Office for Mission
Effectiveness will sponsor a summer seminar for Villanova University faculty on Catholic
Social Teaching and Issues of Justice. Catholic Social Teaching is a
humanistic tradition of inquiry. It transcends our usual categories of conservative
and liberal when investigating social, economic, and political reality. It
articulates the dignity and social nature of each person. Further, it explores how a
Christian understanding of the person and society works to improve human institutions and
practices. It examines the importance of values as
foundational for professional life and the attainment of the common good. The vision
of a consistent ethic in professional life is a work in progress -- Catholic Social
Teaching attempts to provide a foundational methodology for such a consistent ethic.
Activities: There will be a
spring luncheon
meeting for all participants and presenters to promote community and provide a common
understanding for the workshop. In May, daily seminars will include Continental
breakfast and lunch,, and will be followed by seminar sessions. Afternoon sessions
will include discussion of
course syllabi and interdisciplinary applications, with each day ending at 3:30
pm.
Topics: Seminars will address the
overarching themes of justice, human dignity, work, solidarity, and consumption. The
following issues, treated through the reading of the Social Encyclicals and related
materials will include:
- Historical and Social Contexts for Catholic Social
Thought:
Pre and Post Vatican II
- Theological and Anthropological Foundations for
Catholic Social Thought
- Catholic Social Thought and the Common Good
- An Ethic of Life in Catholic Social Thought
- The Role of the Church in Public Life and Issues of Justice
- Catholic Social Thought and Economic Justice
- Environmental Concerns and a Just
Economic Worldview
- Catholic Social Thought, War and Peace
- Catholic Social Teaching and Human Rights
- Catholic Social Thought and Racism
Stipend: $800
[Based on daily participation]
