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Rethinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finn, Daniel K.
- Series:
- Moral Traditions Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Justice--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Justice.
- Christian sociology--Catholic Church.
- Christian sociology.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Georgetown University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- A reinterpretation of justice in Catholic social thought as a lived experience of communal life Catholic social thought is a living tradition.Insights into justice that are centuries old still apply, but they need to be reexamined in light of historical developments such as democracy, global markets, feminism, the preferential option.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: Sources for Re-Thinking Justice
- 1. African Understandings of Justice
- 2. Hindu and Buddhist Understandings of Justice
- 3. Justice in Latin American Theology
- 4. Scripture as a Resource for Re-thinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought
- 5. Thomas Aquinas's Theory of Justice
- 6. How Liberalism Can Contribute to Re-thinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought
- 7. Justice in Catholic Social Teaching
- 8. Experience, Social Location, and Justice
- 9. Justice as a Characteristic of Social Structures
- Part II: Three Constructive Accounts of Justice
- 10. A Synthetic Statement of What Justice Might Be Understood to Entail in Catholic Social Thought Today
- 11. Justice: A Three-Dimensional Account from Catholic Social Teaching
- 12. Justice as a Virtue in Catholic Social Thought
- Part III: A Rough Consensus
- 13. Toward a Definition of Justice in Catholic Social Thought
- About the Participants
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-64712-583-9
- OCLC:
- 1507843799
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