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Modern Catholic Social Teaching Commentaries and Interpretations

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ISBN-10: 1589010531

ISBN-13: 9781589010536

Edition: 2005

Authors: Kenneth R. Himes

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With an equal emphasis on every word in the title--and with a distinctly American perspective--Himes and his distinguished associate editors and contributors have assembled the most thorough and authoritative assessment of modern Roman Catholic social teaching to date, likely to remain the touchstone volume for decades. This culmination of many years of effort by twenty stellar scholars has produced a reference work for anyone interested in understanding or studying the key documents that comprise the central corpus of Catholic social teaching. In addition to interrogations of the major documents, this volume provides an understanding of the biblical and philosophical foundations of…    
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Book details

List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication date: 8/10/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.33" tall
Weight: 2.244

Kenneth R. Himes, O.F.M., is chair of the Department of Theology at Boston College, author of Responses to 101 Questions on Catholic Social Teaching, and coauthor (with Michael J. Himes) of Fullness of Faith: The Public Significance of Theology.

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Foundations
The Bible and Catholic Social Teaching: Will This Engagement Lead to Marriage?
Natural Law in Catholic Social Teachings
The Ecclesiological Foundations of Modern Catholic Social Teaching
Early Modern Roman Catholic Social Thought, 1740-1890
Commentaries
Rerum novarum
Quadragesimo anno
The Christmas Messages of Pius XII
Mater et magistra
Pacem in terris
Dignitatis humanae
Gaudium et spes
Populorum progressio
Octogesima adveniens
Justitia in mundo
Familiaris consortio
Laborem exercens
Sollicitudo rei socialis
Centesimus annus
Reception and Future of the Tradition
The Reception of Catholic Social and Economic Teaching in the United States
The Reception of Catholic Approaches to Peace and War in the United States
The Future of Catholic Social Thought
Contributors