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PrecedingHistoryTounderstandthequantumleapofJohnPaulII’ssocialteaching,weneedtoknowali<leofwhatprecededit:• RerumNovarum(LeoXIII,1891)• QuadragesimoAnno(PiusXI,1931)• MateretMagistra(PopeJohnXXIII,1961)• GaudiumetSpes(VaHcanII,1965)• PopolorumProgressio(PaulVI,1967)
ScopeofCatholicSocialTeaching
TheCompendiumoftheSocialDoctrineoftheCatholicChurch(publishedin2004andauthorizedbyJohnPaulII)listsseveralthemesoftheChurch’ssocialteaching:• MarriageandFamily• HumanWork(thedignityofwork,righttowork,rightsofworkers,solidarity)
• EconomicLife(moralityandtheeconomy,privateiniHaHveandbusinessiniHaHve)
• PoliHcalCommunity(authority,democraHcsystem,civilsociety,interacHonwithreligiouscommuniHes)
• InternaHonalCommunity(fundamentalrules,organizaHon,cooperaHonfordevelopment)
• TheEnvironment• Peace(fruitofjusHceandlove;it’soppositeiswar)
Wewillfocusaboveallon“economicsubjects”whichfundamentallyinvolvehumanwork,economiclife,thepoliHcalcommunityaswellasculture.
DeeperAnthropological&BiblicalRe-ReadingsofCST
• JohnPaulII’sChristologicaltheologicalanthropology• RedemptorHominis(1979)astheprogramforhisponHficateandhissocialteaching.
• AntecedentsinGaudiumetSpes.• Christfullyrevealsmantohimselfandmakeshissupremecallingclear(GS22):
• Mancannotdiscoverhimselfexceptinthesinceregicofself(GS24)
DeeperAnthropological&BiblicalRe-ReadingsofCST
• ApplicaHonsofthistheologicalanthropologytootherareasofhisponHficate• HumanSexuality• God’sMercy• DignityofWomen• Family• MoralTheology• FaithandReason• ProtecHonofHumanLife• Ecumenism• Art• PriestlyFormaHonandPriestlyLife• HumanSuffering
DeeperAnthropological&BiblicalRe-ReadingsofCST
• ApplicaHonsofthistheologicalanthropologywithinhisthreemajorsocialencyclicals.• LaboremExercens(1981)• SollicitudoReiSocialis(1987)• CentesimusAnnus(1991)
• TheCompendiumshowshowPopeJohnPaulIIprovidedthetheological-moralnaturefortheChurch’ssocialteaching.• Hissocialteachingdidnotsoundlikemerepublicpolicyannouncements
• RatheritseemedverymuchlikeanapplicaHonoftheGospel
JohnPaulII’sThreeSocialEncyclicals
• LaboremExercens(1981)• SollicitudoReiSocialis(1987)• CentesimusAnnus(1991)
LaboremExercens• Background• SummaryofCoreTeachings• Workisafundamentaldimensionofman’slifeonearth• Theprimarybasisforthevalueofworkismanhimself• Jesus,thewayoftheChurch,whofullyrevealsmantohimself,revealsthefundamentalredempHvemeaningofhumanwork.• Menandwomencannotbetreatedasmechandiseor“objects”butare“subjects”attheworkplace.OtherwisetheirworkbecomesalienaHng.ThePrimacyoflaborovercapital.
SollicitudoReiSocialis• Background• SummaryofCoreTeachings• Expansionofthe“subjecHvity”ofwork,foundinLaboremexercens,toallciHzensandmembersoforganizaHons
• GlobalizaHon,unrestrictedbyethicalprinciples,willwreakhavoconthirdworldpeoples.
• Atheologicallygroundedtheoryofhumandevelopmentthattakeseconomicsseriouslybutemphasizestheprimaryofthespiritual.
• Conversion,parHcularlyonthepartofthepowerful,isneeded.
• Conversionisalsonecessaryonthepartofdevelopingcountries,toeliminatecorrupHon,dictatorialandauthoritarianformsofgovernment.
CentesimusAnnus• Background• SummaryofCoreTeachings• Thefallofcommunismwasaboveallbecauseofadistortedanthropologythattriedtounderstandmanexclusivelyatthelevelofmaterialdesireswhileexcludingspiritualvalues.
• TheFreeEconomyandthedisHncHonbetween“good”and“bad”capitalism(CA42)
• Thefreeandvirtuoussocietyisanetworkorcomplexofthreeparts:• ademocraHcpoliHcalcommunity• afreeeconomyand• avibrant,publicmoralculture.
CentesimusAnnus• SummaryofCoreTeachings• FreedomisintrinsicallyHedtomoraltruth,andhencetruthandtraininginauthenHcfreedomareessenHalforDemocracy.
• PovertyisessenHallyaproblemofexclusion• TherearesomeimportantgoodsthatcannotbesaHsfiedbymarketforces.
• Aneedforthedevelopmentofatrueeconomicpersonalism(CA30-43)• Principlecauseofwealthisthepersonandhisideas• Thepersonworkswithinacommunity• WorkinvolvesapracHcalrealism• Man’svulnerabilitytosinmustnotbeforgo<en
FurtherReading• CompendiumoftheSocialDoctrineoftheChurch,PonHficalCouncilforJusHceandPeace,2004.
• TheSocialAgenda:ACollecDonofMagisterialTexts,PonHficalCouncilforJusHceandPeace,2000.
• PopeSt.JohnPaulII• CentesimusAnnus,1991• LaboremExercens,1981• SollicitudoReiSocialis,1987
• PopeBenedictXVI• DeusCaritasEst,2005(19-42)• CaritasinVeritate,2009.• InauguralSessionoftheFichGeneralConferenceofCELAM,partIV,“SocialandPoliHcalProblems”
• PopeFrancis• EvangeliiGaudium,2013(176-258)• LaudatoSi’,2015
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