It also looks at the Pope’s contributions to peace and justice efforts around the world, including his advocacy for diplomacy, simplicity of lifestyle, and healthy family life.

Thomas Massaro introduces readers to the history and basics of Catholic social teaching while highlighting new developments and helping readers understand how to apply this teaching to life today. Living Justice leads readers step-by-step through the building blocks of Catholic social thought, including its central themes, sources, and methods. It also looks at the Pope’s contributions to peace and justice efforts around the world, including his advocacy for diplomacy, simplicity of lifestyle, and healthy family life.

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Living Justice and Peace.

The Living Justice and Peace course empowers students to examine society critically based on values from the Scriptures and on the seven themes of Catholic Social Teaching. Updated list of Major Documents of Catholic Social Teaching. Added story about endangered sea turtles.

Catholic social teaching is the Catholic doctrines on matters of human dignity and common good in society. The ideas address oppression, the role of the state, subsidiarity, social organization, concern for social justice, and issues of wealth distribution. Its foundations are widely considered to have been laid by Pope Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical letter Rerum novarum, which advocated economic distributism

Catholic Social Teaching in Practice .

Catholic Social Teaching in Practice.

Scripture and Catholic social teaching are the foundation for this course. Students will respond to the call of justice as defined by the actions of Jesus and the norms for Christian discipleship.

Living Justice: Catholic Social Teaching in Action (Rowman . Dedication to social justice teaching is important, yet putting one's ideals into practice in American schools is a challenging task.

Living Justice: Catholic Social Teaching in Action (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011). For over a decade Living Justice has introduced readers to Catholic social teaching. The book will be especially useful in methods of teaching and foundational courses both at the elementary and secondary education levels. The book contains pertinent instructional topics, units and lessons in global education and social justice themes.