| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Objectives and Audience | p. 1 |
| Revisions to the First Edition | p. 4 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 4 |
| The Twenty-First Century: How Did We Get Here? | p. 7 |
| Colonialism | p. 8 |
| Commemorating Columbus | p. 8 |
| Europe Colonizes the World | p. 9 |
| 1500-1815 | p. 9 |
| 1815-1945 | p. 12 |
| The United States Emerges as a Neo-Colonial Power in the Twentieth Century | p. 15 |
| The Industrial Revolution | p. 17 |
| When Britain Was the World's Workshop | p. 17 |
| Future Shock | p. 20 |
| Trends at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century | p. 23 |
| Great Powers and Empire | p. 23 |
| The Cold War | p. 24 |
| The End of the Cold War | p. 25 |
| A Wave of Democracy Sweeping the Globe | p. 26 |
| Globalization | p. 26 |
| Conclusion | p. 27 |
| Study Questions | p. 27 |
| Poverty and Development | p. 29 |
| The Human Face of Poverty | p. 29 |
| The Gap between the North and the South | p. 32 |
| Measuring Poverty and Development | p. 34 |
| Globalization: Promise and Peril | p. 35 |
| Overcoming Poverty | p. 38 |
| Multi-National Corporations and Investment | p. 38 |
| Foreign Aid | p. 43 |
| Trade and NAFTA | p. 46 |
| The Debt Crisis and Jubilee 2000 | p. 49 |
| Domestic Inequity and Human Development | p. 51 |
| The Millennium Development Goals | p. 54 |
| Poverty and the United States Economy | p. 55 |
| Health-Care Reform | p. 56 |
| Welfare Reform | p. 57 |
| Poverty and Conflict | p. 59 |
| Study Questions | p. 60 |
| Population Explosion, Resource Depletion, and Environmental Destruction | p. 62 |
| Values and Concepts | p. 63 |
| Population Explosion | p. 64 |
| Resource Depletion | p. 70 |
| Energy: The Master Resource | p. 70 |
| Forests and Biodiversity | p. 73 |
| Fresh Water and Ocean Fisheries | p. 75 |
| Land and Food Security | p. 78 |
| Atmospheric Pollution | p. 79 |
| Ozone Depletion | p. 79 |
| Global Warming | p. 80 |
| Nuclear Power | p. 83 |
| Waste Disposal | p. 84 |
| Environment, Conflict, and Security | p. 86 |
| Sustainable Development? | p. 88 |
| Study Questions | p. 90 |
| Human Rights | p. 92 |
| History and Context | p. 93 |
| The United States | p. 97 |
| The Meaning of Human Rights | p. 99 |
| Cultural Relativism | p. 102 |
| Discrimination against Women | p. 103 |
| Race, Religion, Caste | p. 107 |
| Discrimination against Homosexuals | p. 111 |
| Conclusion | p. 112 |
| Study Questions | p. 112 |
| Conflict and War | p. 114 |
| Ethno-Nationalist Conflict and Humanitarian Intervention | p. 115 |
| When Nations Want to Become States | p. 116 |
| Christian Ethics and the Idolatry of Nationalism | p. 119 |
| The Global Landscape of Conflict and War | p. 121 |
| The Middle East | p. 122 |
| Israel/Palestine | p. 122 |
| Iraq | p. 124 |
| The Kurds | p. 125 |
| Europe | p. 126 |
| Northern Ireland | p. 126 |
| The Balkan Peninsula | p. 128 |
| Kosovo | p. 130 |
| Chechnya | p. 131 |
| Asia | p. 132 |
| Sri lanka | p. 132 |
| Kashmir | p. 132 |
| Africa | p. 134 |
| Latin America | p. 138 |
| Is Humanitarian Intervention Justified? | p. 138 |
| A Moral Response to Terrorism | p. 143 |
| Just Peacemaking and Terrorism | p. 145 |
| Conclusion | p. 146 |
| Study Questions | p. 147 |
| Weapons and Disarmament | p. 149 |
| Nuclear Matters | p. 150 |
| Lest We Forget: Unimaginable Destruction | p. 151 |
| Nuclear Proliferation | p. 153 |
| Arms Control | p. 156 |
| Missile Defense | p. 158 |
| Deterrence or Disarmament? | p. 160 |
| Chemical and Biological Weapons | p. 163 |
| Chemical Weapons | p. 163 |
| Biological Weapons | p. 165 |
| Land Mines | p. 165 |
| Fuel to the Fire: The Trade in Conventional Arms | p. 167 |
| The Arms Trade | p. 167 |
| Curtailing the Arms Trade | p. 170 |
| U.S. Military Spending | p. 170 |
| Study Questions | p. 174 |
| Peace and Security in the Twenty-First Century | p. 175 |
| From Realism to Comprehensive Security | p. 176 |
| A Principled Foreign Policy for a Just World Order | p. 178 |
| Diplomacy | p. 179 |
| Sustainable Development | p. 181 |
| Democratization | p. 182 |
| Demilitarization | p. 182 |
| Study Questions | p. 185 |
| Christian Faith, Jesus, and Catholic Social Teaching | p. 186 |
| Christian Faith | p. 186 |
| Jesus and the Spirit | p. 187 |
| The Politics of Compassion | p. 187 |
| An Inclusive Early Church | p. 189 |
| Jesus' Third Way | p. 190 |
| Catholic Social Teaching | p. 194 |
| Study Questions | p. 204 |
| Christian Citizenship and Resources for Involvement | p. 205 |
| Resources for Involvement and Information | p. 212 |
| Organizations | p. 212 |
| Economic Justice | p. 213 |
| Environment/Ecology | p. 214 |
| Human Rights | p. 215 |
| Peace and Disarmament | p. 216 |
| Catholic Social Teaching | p. 216 |
| Projects | p. 217 |
| For Further Information and Study | p. 217 |
| Periodicals and Journals | p. 218 |
| Books | p. 218 |
| Web Sites | p. 220 |
| Study Questions | p. 221 |
| Notes | p. 223 |
| Index | p. 267 |
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