Resources

• Center for Concern, Education for Justice
  
• Villanova University, Office for Mission Effectiveness. (Includes links to Journal of Catholic Social Thought and Occasional Papers.)
• US Catholic Bishops
• Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities

Many authors have written about Catholic social thought. The following bibliography represents a starting place for those wishing to explore the concepts further.

Texts

Boswell, Jonathan, Frank McHugh, and Johan Verstraeten, ed. Catholic Social Thought: Twilight or Renaissance? Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press, 2000.

Coleman, John A., ed. One Hundred Years of Catholic Social Thought. Celebration and Challenge, 2nd ed. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1991.

Curran, Charles E. Catholic Social Teaching 1891-Present. A Historical, Theological, and Ethical Analysis. Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2002.

Curran, Charles E. and Richard A. McCormick, S.J., ed. Official Catholic Social Teaching. Readings in Moral Theology No.5. New York: Paulist Press, 1986.

Dorr, Donal. Option for the Poor. A Hundred Years of Catholic Social Teaching. Revised edition. Maryknoll , NY: Orbis Books, 1992.

Dwyer, Judith A, ed. The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought . Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1994.

DeBerry, Edward P. and James E. Hug, et al., ed. Catholic Social Teaching. Our Best Kept Secret. 4th revised and expanded ed. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2003.

Himes, Kenneth R., ed. Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries And Interpretations. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2005.

Kammer, Fred. Doing FaithJustice. An Introduction to Catholic Social Thought. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1991.

McHugh, Francis P. and Samuel M. Natale, ed. Things Old and New. Catholic Social Teaching Revisited. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America , 1993.

Massaro, Thomas. Living Justice: Catholic Social Teaching in Action . Lanham, Maryland: Sheed & Ward, 2000.

McKenna, Kevin E. A Concise Guide to Catholic Social Teaching . Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2002.

Merkle, Judith. From the Heart of the Church: The Catholic Social Tradition. Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 2004.

O'Brien, David J. and Thomas A. Shannon, ed. Catholic Social Thought. The Documentary Heritage . Maryknoll , NY : Orbis Books, 1992.

Phan, Peter C. Message of the Fathers of the Church. Social Thought. Wilmington, Delaware: Michael Glazier, Inc., 1984.

Pontifical Council For Justice and Peace. The Social Agenda. A Collection of Magisterial Texts . With a foreword by Archbishop Françoise-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân. Città del Vaticano: Editrice Vaticana, 2000.

_____________. Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church . Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005.

Roets, Perry J. Pillars of Catholic Social Teachings. A Brief Social Catechism. Lanham, Maryland: International Scholars Publications, 1999.

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. A Century of Social Teaching: A Common Heritage, a Continuing Challenge. A Pastoral Message of the Catholic Bishops of the United States on the 100th Anniversary of Rerum Novarum . Washington, D.C.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1990.

Williams, Oliver F. And John W. Houk, ed. Catholic Social Thought and the New World Order. Building on One Hundred Years. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1993.

Book Chapters and Journal Essays

Aquino, Maria Pilar , “ Santo Domingo Through the Eyes of Women,” in Santo Domingo and Beyond. Documents and Commentaries From the Historic Meeting of the Latin American Bishops' Conference, ed. Alfred T. Hennelly (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1993), 212-225.

_____________, “The Liberating Vision of Medellín in Feminist Theology,” in Truth and Memory. The Church and Human Rights in El Salvador and Guatemala , ed. Michael A. Hayes and David Tombs (Leominster, England: Gracewing Books, 2001), 213-239.

Coleman, John, S.J., “Development of Church Social Teaching,” in Readings in Moral Theology No.5, Official Catholic Social Teaching, ed. Charles E. Curran and Richard A. McCormick, S.J. (New York: Paulist Press, 1986), 169-187.

_____________, “Neither Liberal nor Socialist: The Originality of Catholic Social Teaching,” in One Hundred Years of Catholic Social Thought. Celebration and Challenge, Second Printing, ed. John A. Coleman, S.J. (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1991), 25-42.

_____________, “The Future of Catholic Social Thought,” in Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries And Interpretations, ed. Kenneth R. Himes, O.F.M. ( Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2005), 522-544.

Copeland, M. Shawn, “Reconsidering the Idea of the Common Good,” in Catholic Social Thought and the New World Order, ed. Oliver F. Williams and John W. Houck (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1993), 309-327.

Coston, Carol, O.P., “Women's Ways of Working,” in One Hundred Years of Catholic Social Thought. Celebration and Challenge, Second Printing, ed. John A. Coleman, S.J. (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1991), 256-269.

Gillardetz, Richard R., “The Ecclesiological Foundations of Modern Catholic Social Teaching,” in Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries And Interpretations, ed. Kenneth R. Himes, O.F.M. (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2005), 72-98.

Gudorf, Christine E., “Sexism,” in The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought, ed. Judith A. Dwyer (Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1994), 877-881.

Hehir, J. Brian, “The Social Role of the Church: Leo XIII, Vatican II and John Paul II,” in Catholic Social Thought and the New World Order. Building on One Hundred Years, ed. Oliver F. Williams and John W. Houck (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1993), 29-50.

Hogan, Barbara, “Feminism and Catholic Social Thought,” in The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought, ed. Judith A. Dwyer (Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1994), 394-398.

Hollenbach, David, “Modern Catholic Teachings Concerning Justice,” in The Faith that Does Justice. Examining the Christian Sources for Social Change, ed. John C. Haughey (New York: Paulist Press, 1977), 207-231.

Mahoney, Jack, S.J., “The Basis of Human Rights,” in Moral Theology. Challenges for the Future. Essays in Honor of Richard A. McCormick, S.J., ed. Charles E. Curran (New York/Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1990), 313-333.

Keightley, Georgia Masters, “Catholic Feminism's Contribution to the Church's Social Justice Tradition,” in Things Old and New. Catholic Social Teaching Revisited, ed. Francis P. McHugh and Samuel M. Natale (Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1993), 333-363.

McBrien, Richard P., “An Ecclesiological Analysis of Catholic Social Teachings,” in Catholic Social Thought and the New World Order. Building on One Hundred Years, ed. Oliver F. Williams and John W. Houck (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1993), 147-177.

McGrath, Marcos, C.S.C., “Catholic Social Thought in Latin America: A Brief Overview from Pope Leo XIII to the Present,” in Catholic Social Thought and the New World Order. Building on One Hundred Years, ed. Oliver F. Williams and John W. Houck (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1993), 245-252.

O'Brien, David J., “A Century of Catholic Social Teaching,” in One Hundred Years of Catholic Social Thought. Celebration and Challenge , Second Printing, ed. John A. Coleman, S.J. (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1991), 13-24.

Rigali, Norbert J., S.J., “Magisterium,” in The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought, ed. Judith A. Dwyer (Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1994), 559-561.

Riley, Maria, O.P., “Women,” in The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought, ed. Judith A. Dwyer (Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1994), 986-991.

Schuck, Michael J., “Modern Catholic Social Thought,” in The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought, ed. Judith A. Dwyer (Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1994), 611-632.

_____________, “Early Modern Roman Catholic Social Thought, 1740-1890,” in Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries And Interpretations, ed. Kenneth R. Himes, O.F.M. ( Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2005), 99-124.

Wall, Barbara E, “Rerum Novarum and its Critics on Social and Sexual Hierarchies,” in Things Old and New. Catholic Social Teaching Revisited, ed. Francis P. McHugh and Samuel M. Natale (Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1993), 364-388.

Zahn, Gordon C. “Social Movements and Catholic Social Thought,” in One Hundred Years of Catholic Social Thought. Celebration and Challenge, Second Printing, ed. John A. Coleman, S.J. (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1991), 43-54.

Videos (also available in Copley Library)

"Opting for the Poor: Ecological Justice." Video of Dr. John Hart, Professor of Christian Ethics at Boston University, speaking on Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 12:15 p.m.

"The Call to Harmony With All Creation." Video of Dr. Barbara Wall, Special Assistant to the President for Mission Effectiveness at Villanova University, speaking on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 12:15 p.m.

"Political History of Catholic Social Thought." Video of Drs. Patrick Drinan and Virginia Lewis, professors of political science at USD, speaking on Friday, April 20, 2007.

"Overview of Catholic Social Thought." Video of Fr. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M., speaking at USD on Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 12:30 p.m.

"Sacred and Social: Catholic Social Teaching on the Human Person." Video of Fr. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M., speaking at USD on Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.

Slides (also available in Copley Library)

"Work as Vocation: Does Catholic Social Thought Work at Work?" by Michael J. Naughton, Professor of Catholic Studies and Director of the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought at the University of St. Thomas. These slides give the framework of Dr. Naughton's presentations on March 1, 2007, and contain several wonderful quotations.

Papers

J. Brian Hehir's review of Kenneth Himes' book Modern Catholic Social Teaching. Father Himes spoke on this topic at USD on September 28, 2006 (see videos above).

"Building a civilization of love: The Gospel Message of Jesus as found in the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church." This is the text of Cardinal Renati Raffaele Martino's speech given at USD on August 21, 2006.

Reports

Catholic Social Teaching: Results from a Survey of Catholic Colleges and Universities in North America. This report, prepared by the committee on Catholic Social Thought, outlines results from an online survey of 42 institutions about how they incorporate CST learning and programming on their campuses.