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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Understanding the Terminology | |
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| Seven Themes-A Starting Point | |
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| Reading the Signs of the Times | |
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| Social Analysis and the Pastoral Circle | |
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| Types of Authority in the Church | |
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| The Challenge of Being Prophetic: Gospel and Culture | |
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| The Nature of Discipleship | |
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| Living the Gospel in U.S. Culture | |
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| Following Christ in a Consumer Culture | |
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| Christian Scriptures | |
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| Early Church Tradition | |
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| A Prayer for Social Justice (Pope Pius XII) | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| God's Gift of Creation | |
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| Sister Dorothy Stang | |
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| Our Lived Experience | |
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| Biblical Perspectives | |
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| From Boniface to Francis of Assisi | |
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| Creation as the Sacrament of God | |
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| The Voices of the Popes and Bishops | |
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| Prayer of St. Basil | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Human Dignity: Respect for Every Life | |
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| All Have the Same Human Dignity | |
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| Cardinal Bernardin and the Consistent Ethic of Life | |
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| Building a Culture of Life | |
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| The Death Penalty | |
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| Sex Trafficking | |
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| Prayer for Life | |
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| Prayer for Justice | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Community, Family, Participation | |
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| The Community of the Trinity | |
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| The Principles of Catholic Social Teaching | |
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| Teachings on Family in Early Christianity | |
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| Family Since Vatican II | |
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| Prayer for Community | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Option for the Poor | |
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| An Ancient yet New Teaching | |
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| Latin American Roots of the Option for the Poor | |
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| The Option for the Poor Articulated in Catholic Social Teaching | |
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| A Religious and Political Option | |
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| Catholic Campaign for Human Development | |
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| Farmworkers and Immigrants | |
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| How Do We Make an Option for the Poor | |
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| Prayer for the Poor | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Rights and Responsibilities | |
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| Biblical Perspectives | |
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| The Church and Human Rights | |
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| Civil Rights, Responsibilities, and Racism | |
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| Church Teaching on Racism | |
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| Economic Rights and Responsibilities amid Poverty | |
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| Pope Benedict's Encyclical: Caritas in Veritate | |
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| Prayer for Basic Rights | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| The Dignity of Work and Workers' Rights | |
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| The Imbalance of Power | |
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| Biblical Perspectives | |
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| The Teachings of the Church | |
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| Global Working Conditions | |
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| The Dignity of Work | |
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| Just Wage | |
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| United Farm Workers' Prayer | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Solidarity: War and Peace | |
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| Solidarity: Ancient Concept, Recent Term | |
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| A Theology of Solidarity | |
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| Forgiveness as a Building Block of Peace | |
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| The Way to Peace: Defend Life | |
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| The Bible on Solidarity and Peace | |
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| The Early Church and Its Legacy | |
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| Just War Arguments | |
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| Pacifism | |
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| Nonviolence | |
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| Reconciliation, Forgiveness, Peace-building, and Spirituality | |
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| Ongoing Conversion | |
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| A Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Prayer for Peace | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Catholic Social Teaching: Selected Bibliography | |
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| Related Websites | |
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| Index | |