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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Overview of the Text | |
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| The Development of Catholic Social Thought | |
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| Definitions and Terms | |
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| The Major Documents of Catholic Social Teaching | |
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| History and Development | |
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| Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) | |
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| Christian Scriptures (New Testament) | |
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| The First Six Centuries - The Patristic Period | |
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| The Medieval Period (600-1453) | |
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| The Reformation and the Age of Conquest (1492-1740) | |
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| The Church Confronts the Industrial Age (1740-1958) | |
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| The Reactionary Period (1740-1878) | |
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| The Reform Period (1878-1958) | |
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| The Period of Transformation (1958-present) | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Changes in the Theoretical Foundations of Catholic Social Teaching | |
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| Different Understandings of the Church | |
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| Questions for Reflection and Discussion | |
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| Faithful Citizenship: The Church and Politics | |
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| A Theological Basis for a Relationship between Faith and Politics | |
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| A Private Faith versus a Public Faith | |
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| The Politicization of the Church | |
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| John Courtney Murray and the Contemporary Relationship between Church and State | |
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| The Church and the World: The Social Mission of the Church | |
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| Christianity and Social Progress | |
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| Peace on Earth | |
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| Vatican II's Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World | |
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| Paul VI and A Call to Action | |
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| John Paul II: Unimplemented Innovations | |
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| Justice in the World | |
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| Paul VI's Evangelization in the Modern World | |
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| Benedict XVI: Charity Is Constitutive of the Church's Mission | |
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| Values and Principles That Guide the Church's Approach to Public Policy | |
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| Human Dignity, Realized in Community | |
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| The Common Good | |
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| Participation | |
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| Solidarity, Subsidiarity, and Socialization | |
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| Social Sin and Structures of Injustice | |
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| Option for the Poor | |
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| Human Rights | |
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| Torture: A Clear Violation of Human Rights | |
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| Immigration: A Case of Human Rights in Conflict | |
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| Political Advocacy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Questions for Reflection and Discussion | |
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| Economic Justice | |
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| C�sar Ch�vez and La Causa | |
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| The Dignity of Work, the Priority of Labor, and the Rights of Workers | |
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| The Dignity of Human Work as Based in the Dignity of the Worker | |
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| The Priority of Labor over Capital | |
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| The Rights of Workers | |
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| A Spirituality of Work | |
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| The Social Purpose of Private Property and Material Possessions | |
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| The Preferential Option for the Poor | |
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| Authentic Development as a Response to Global Poverty | |
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| A Tough Read | |
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| Bono: Activist for a World without Poverty | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Questions for Reflection and Discussion | |
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| War and Peace | |
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| A Brief History of Christian Thought on War and Peace | |
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| Pacifism/Nonviolence | |
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| Just War | |
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| Jus ad Bellum - Why and When Recourse to War Is Morally Permitted | |
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| Jus in hello - Restraints on How the War Is Fought, the Conduct during the War | |
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| Crusade/Holy War | |
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| Catholic Social Teaching on War and Peace during the World Wars | |
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| Benedict XV and World War I | |
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| Pius XI and the Rise of Totalitarianism | |
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| Pius XII and World War II | |
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| Catholic Social Thought on War and Peace in the First Half of the Twentieth Century | |
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| Catholic Social Teaching on War and Peace during the Cold War (1945-90) | |
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| The Catholic Peace Movement | |
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| John Paul II and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in the Post-Cold War World | |
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| Issues in Catholic Thought on War and Peace after September 11, 2001 | |
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| Controversies and Developments in the Just War Tradition | |
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| Just Peacemaking as a Normative, Supplemental Paradigm | |
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| Questions for Reflection and Discussion | |
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| A Consistent Ethic of Life and Care for the Earth | |
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| Cardinal Bernardin and the Consistent Ethic | |
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| Rooted in Initiatives by the Laity | |
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| The Seamless Garment in Catholic Social Teaching | |
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| The Controversy over the Consistent Ethic | |
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| An Ecological Theology and Environmental Ethic | |
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| Dorothy Stang: Martyr of the Amazon | |
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| Catholic Social Teaching and the Environment | |
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| Key Themes in the Church's Teaching on the Environment | |
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| Some Questions regarding the Church's Environmental Ethic | |
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| Questions for Reflection and Discussion | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Problems and Weaknesses of Catholic Social Teaching | |
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| Contributions and Strengths of Catholic Social Teaching | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Bibliography on Catholic Social Thought | |
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| Index | |