Towards a politics of communion : Catholic social teaching in dark times / Anna Rowlands.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowlands, Anna, author.

Contributor:

Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian sociology--Catholic Church.

Christian sociology.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Physical Description:

xvi, 315 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T&T Clark, 2021.

Summary:

"Anna Rowlands offers a guide to the main time periods, key figures, documents and themes of thinking developed as Catholic Social Teaching (CST). A wealth of material has been produced by the Catholic Church during its long history which considers the implications of scripture, doctrine and natural law for the way these elements live together in community - most particularly in the tradition of social encyclicals dating from 1891. Rowlands takes a fresh approach in weaving overviews of the central principles with case studies which relate to contemporary social policy themes, and by considering the increasingly critical questions concerning the role of CST in a pluralist and post-secular context. As such this book offers both an incisive overview of this distinctive body of Catholic political theology and a new and challenging contribution to the debate about the transformative potential of CST in contemporary society"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The emergence of modern Catholic social teaching p. 15

2 Human dignity: Philosophical and theological trajectories p. 47

3 Human dignity and (forced) migration p. 73

4 Human dignity and the question of social and structural sin p. 93

5 The common good: The long tradition in context p. 111

6 The common good: Patristic and medieval context p. 125

7 The common good: The encyclical tradition p. 151

8 The body politic: Political community in the social encyclicals p. 177

9 Subsidiarity: A principle of participation and social governance p. 215

10 Solidarity: A developing theory p. 239

11 The universal destination of goods: Towards an integral ecology p. 269.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Rowlands, Anna. Towards a politics of communion

ISBN:

9780567219084

0567219089

9780567242730

0567242730

OCLC:

1256588638