Rethinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought - Moral Traditions series
Rethinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought - Moral Traditions series
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Published:
2 June, 2025
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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 for the poor, environmental challenges, and the shift of Christianity's growth to the Global South.
Rethinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought invites the reader to engage insights on justice from a range of cultural, religious, and intellectual traditions—from African, Hindu, and Buddhist to Scholastic, liberal, Latin American, and Scriptural. The result is an understanding of justice as a lived experience of communal life that entails freedom and dignity for all and equitable access to the common goods of the community.
This volume will help the reader develop a conception of justice that is coherent, comprehensive, faithful to the tradition, responsive to the best contemporary insights, suitable for confronting pressing injustices, and clear enough to be accessible to nonexperts.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781647125820 |
| ISBN10 | 1647125820 |
| Number Of Pages | 272 |
| Item Weight | 386 g |
| Product Dimensions | 152 x 229 x 18 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Georgetown University Press |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
This may sound hyperbolic, but there are enough insights for a plethora of cross-stitched mottoes to hang on one's wall for contemplation, or to scream from the melting mountain tops of an unjust and disintegrating world. The many-colored "threads" intertwine and, if implemented, have much to offer to an increasingly bleeding world.
* Catholic Books Review *Rethinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought is an utterly unique and fascinating collection drawn from years of scholarly collaboration and two conferences....Being both the multiyear fruit of a distinctive scholarly community and accessible to a general audience, this text is indispensable for anyone thinking rigorously about justice in the Catholic tradition.
* CHOICE connect *Author's Bio
Daniel K. Finn is Professor Emeritus of Economics and the Theology at St. John's University and the College of Saint Benedict. He has written several books, including Consumer Ethics in a Global Economy: How Buying Here Causes Injustice There (GUP 2019).