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Globalization, spirituality, and justice : navigating the path to peace - Daniel G. Groody
Call Number: BX1795.C66 G76 2007
A gift of God, a human responsibility: the global community and the challenge of justice -- A living word, a saving narrative: biblical perspectives on justice -- An ancient message, a contemporary meaning: justice and the early church -- A God of life, a civilization of love: Catholic social teaching -- A common humanity, a different creed: justice and non-Christian religions -- Images of mercy, icons of justice: five contemporary models -- A social crisis, a liberating theology: contemporary reflection on faith and justice -- Worshiping in spirit, living in truth: liturgy and justice -- A loving heart, a just faith: spirituality and transformation -- Afterword / Theodore M. Hesburgh.

 
 

Catholic Social Teaching: Background

What is Catholic Social Teaching?

"Catholic Social Teaching is the tradition of thought in which the Church seeks to advance justice in the world by engaging social, cultural, political and economic realities in our day. Thus, Catholic Social Teaching is both fitting and essential to the Catholic university's mission: the education and formation of its students, the research it undertakes, and the conduct of its corporate and institutional life." [1]

Through papal, conciliar, and episcopal documents the Church articulates its reflection on a given social reality and critics these realities based on the Catholic faith tradition. Thus the faithful of the church make an attempt to bring to life these teachings through loving action. This teachings are very organic, much like society; as society changes and new challenges develop so to does Catholic Social Teaching trying to respond to the current challenges and joys being faced by a given society.

Catholic Social Teaching and the Marianist University

"The Marianist approach to higher education is deeply committed to the common good. The intellectual life itself is undertaken as a form of service in the interest of justice and peace, and the university curriculum is designed to connect the classroom with the wider world. In addition, Marianist universities extend a special concern for the poor and marginalized and promote the dignity, rights and responsibilities of all peoples." [2]

Sources:
     [1] "Catholic Higher Education and Catholic Social Teaching"  Brochure of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities,
           Washington, D.C., original available at  http://www.accunet.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3614
     [2] Characteristics of Marianist Universities A Resource Paper. Association of Marianist Universities, 1999.
 

Campus Contact

Bro. Brian Halderman, S.M.
Minister for Social Justice
University Ministry
210-431-2237
bhalderman@stmarytx.edu

Clare Strockbine
Social Justice Ministry Coordinator
University Ministry
210-431-2237
cstrockbine@stmarytx.edu

Diane Duesterhoeft
Reference/Instruction Librarian
Louis J. Blume Library
210-436-3346
dduesterhoeft@stmarytx.edu

St. Mary's University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228-8608 USA

 

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