Rethinking justice in Catholic social thought / Daniel K. Finn, editor.
| Other author | Finn, Daniel K., 1947- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2025] |
| Description | ix, 262 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Moral traditions series Moral traditions series. ^A521101 |
| Contents | African understandings of justice / Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ -- Hindu and Buddhist understandigns of justice / George Kodithottam, SJ -- Justice in Latin American theology / Maria Inês de Castro Millen -- Scripture as a resource for rethinking justice in Catholic social though / Anathea Portier-Young -- Thomas Aquinas's theory of justice / Jean Porter -- How liberalism can contribute to re-thinking justice in Catholic social thought / Francis Schüssler Fiorenza -- Justice in Catholic social teaching / Lisa Sowle Cahill -- Experience, social location, and justice / Agnes M. Brazal -- Justice as a characteristic of social structures / Daniel K. Finn -- A synthetic statement of what justice might br understood to entail in Catholic social thought today / Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ -- Justice : a three-dimensional account from Catholic social teaching / David Cloutier -- Justice as virtue in Catholic social thought / Lisa Sowle Cahill -- Toward a definition of justice in Catholic social thought / Daniel K. Finn. |
| Abstract | "Catholics traditionally have relied on the definition of justice supplied by Thomas Aquinas. Yet developments in human history complicate this medieval conception of justice. Take but two examples. We now live in democracies, where citizens elect their leaders and so bear the responsibilities of distributive justice once assigned only to kings and princes. And the growing interest in restorative justice means that one-on-one injustices require the involvement of a larger community for long-term healing. Add other developments-secularism, the growth of Christianity in the Global South, economic change, the impact of social scientific insights, and a host of widely acknowledged obligations related to the environment, social media, privacy, religious freedom, gender, racism, harassment, transparency, etc. Together, they require new ways of thinking about justice in Catholic social thought. This book draws on a number of traditions, from Africa, Hindu, and Buddhist understandings of justice to Latin American theological and Scriptural readings of justice to develop a new concept for our times. The result is a definition of justice as a lived experience of communal life characterized by the freedom and equal dignity of all people and by equitable relationships of exchange and access to the common goods of the community"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Rethinking justice in Catholic social thought Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2025] 9781647125837 |
| LCCN | 2024025459 |
| ISBN | 9781647125820 |
| ISBN | 9781647125813 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1647125812 |
| ISBN | 1647125820 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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