Church, state, and society : an introduction to Catholic social doctrine /

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Author / Creator:Benestad, J. Brian, author.
Imprint:Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2010.
©2011
Description:1 online resource (513 pages)
Language:English
Series:Catholic moral thought
Catholic moral thought.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12869228
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ISBN:9780813219233
081321923X
0813218012
9780813218014
9780813218007
0813218004
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Other form:Print version: Benestad, J. Brian. Church, state, and society : an introduction to Catholic social doctrine.a xii, 500 p. ; Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2010, ©2011 xii, 500 pages Catholic moral thought. 9780813218014
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Catholic social doctrine and political philosophy
  • The dignity of the human person, human rights, and natural law
  • The meaning of the common good
  • Seeking the common good through virtue and grace
  • Seeking the common good through justice and social justice
  • Seeking the common good through law and public policy: same-sex marriage, the life questions, and biotechnology
  • Civil society and the Church
  • Civil society, the family, and the principle of subsidiarity
  • Civil society, the Catholic university, and liberal education
  • The economy, work, poverty, and immigration
  • Safeguarding and sustaining the environment
  • The international community
  • Just-war principles
  • Conclusion: the tension between Catholic social doctrine and the proponents of religion as a private affair
  • Appendix: Pope Benedict XVI's Caritas in veritate.