Principles of Catholic social teaching / David A. Boileau, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boileau, David A., 1930-

Series:

Marquette studies in theology ; #14.

Marquette studies in theology ; no. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Christian sociology--Catholic Church.

Christian sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milwaukee, Wis. : Marquette University Press, [1998]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study aims to call attention to the contemporary significance of Catholic Social Teaching and to investigate what is meant by a number of central ideas that regularly surface in these essays.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

The Actuality of Catholic Social Doctrine

Nature and Method of Catholic Social Doctrine

The Human Person and Human Dignity as Basis of the Social Doctrine of the Church

Institutions of Social Organization: Fam-ily, Private Property, State

Social Justice: The Development of the Concept ÏiustitiaÓ from St. Thomas Aquinas through the Social Encyclicals

Common Good as Goal and Governing Principle of Social Life: Interpretations and Meaning

Common Good: Practical Orientations

Solidarity and Subsidiarity

Participation in Historical Perspective

Catholic Social Teaching and American Society

Biographies

Index.

Notes:

"First published in Dutch by Acco ... Leuven, 1994"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-195) and index.

ISBN:

0-87462-988-8

OCLC:

70769158