Handbook of Catholic Social Teaching
A GUIDE FOR CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLD TODAY
Edited by Martin Schlag
Foreword by Peter K.A. Cardinal Turkson
The Catholic University of America Press
Washington, D.C.
Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Excerpts from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition © 2000, Libreria Editrice Vaticana-United States Catholic Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Excerpts from the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, © 2005, Libreria Editrice Vaticana-United States Catholic Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Revised and translated from the original publication in Italian as Economia e società: le sfide della responsabilità cristiana. Domande e risposte sul compendio della Dottrina sociale della Chiesa, (Rome, Edusc, 2015). Italian copyright © 2015 EDUSC.
English translation copyright © 2017
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Schlag, Martin, 1964–editor.
Handbook of Catholic social teaching : a guide for Christians in the world today / edited by Martin Schlag ; foreword by Peter Cardinal K.A.Turkson.
Economia e societá. English p. cm.
Washington, DC : Catholic University of America Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2016053096 | ISBN 9780813229324 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCSH: Christian sociology—Catholic Church—Miscellanea.
LCC BX1753 .E2613 2017 | DDC 261.8088/282—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016053096
Nihil Obstat:
Rev. Christopher Begg, S.T.D., Ph.D.
Censor Deputatus
Imprimatur:
Most Rev. Barry C. Knestout
Auxiliary Bishop of Washington
Archdiocese of Washington
December 16, 2016
The nihil obstat and the imprimatur are declarations that a book or pamphlet is free of doctrinal or moral error. There is no implication that those who have granted the nihil obstat and the imprimatur agree with the content, opinions or statements expressed therein.
Foreword by Peter K. A. Cardinal Turkson
Introduction: Toward a Christian Humanism
1 Charity: The Heart of Catholic Social Teaching
2 What is Catholic Social Teaching in the Mission of the Church?
3 The Dignity of the Human Person as the Core and Foundation of Catholic Social Teaching
4 The Principles of Catholic Social Teaching
5 Life and Love: The Gospel of the Family
• Special Topic: Gender Theory
6 Human Work, Labor, and Workers’ Rights
7 Economic Life: Development, Prosperity, and Justice for All
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About Handbook of Catholic Social Teaching: A Guide for Christians in the World TodayLiving out the social message of the Catholic Christian faith is not only an academic question. But if someone asked you for one book that clearly elucidated that message, what could you give them? Just as the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992) has become a standard reference for informed Catholics about the Church’s general doctrine, popes since John Paul II have expressed a desire for a “social Catechism” that succinctly presents the implications of the faith for social and political life and its connection to the new evangelization. This work aims to fill that void. Handbook of Catholic Social Teaching employs a question and answer format, to better accentuate the response of the Church’s message to the questions Catholics have about their social role and what the Church intends to teach about it. It is the first short book on Catholic Social Teaching to ground itself thoroughly in the longer and authoritative Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church (2004), following the compendium’s structure but rendering its key points more succinctly and accessibly. It also brings in more recent papal encyclicals like Caritas in Veritate and Laudato Si and new special topics (such as gender ideology). Written in consultation with the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and already a best-seller in Italy, the Handbook should take its place alongside the Catechism on the shelf of informed Catholics as works that can inform what we believe and do in the public sphere. |
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