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"Responding to the signs of the time, this book brings the lens of Catholic social thought (CST) to the enterprise of Catholic higher education in the United States. This book throws light on what Catholic colleges and universities might and must do in order both to preserve their mission and renew it for the future"--

Foreword : street homelessness in the time of Pope Francis / Cardinal Peter Turkson -- Introduction / James F. Keenan -- Preface : the summons to end global homelessness / Mark McGreevy, Molly Seeley -- Accompanying each other on the journey home / Mary Scullion, Christopher Williams -- The prayers of the homeless / Carol Elizabeth Thomas -- Friends of the homeless / Saint John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Carlo Santoro -- Eclipse / Paul Houston Blankenship -- Stateless-cum-homeless refugees : hard choices for the future / Elias Opongo -- Violence, violations, and homeless women / Julie George -- The African elders / Wilhelmina Uhai Tunu -- Homelessness among military veterans : the United States as a recent case study in political will and evidence-based policymaking / Dennis P. Culhane, Ann Elizabeth Montgomery -- The poor workers in an affluent city : homelessness in Hong Kong / Mary Mee-Yin Yuen -- Youth and LGBT : homeless, overlooked, and underserved / Alejandro Crosthwaite -- Addiction: drink and drugs / Tobias Winright -- Homelessness and SDG 1 / Kat Johnson -- Homelessness and SDG 3 / Rosanne Haggerty -- Homelessness and SDG 11 : A neoliberal paradox / Toussaint Kafarhire -- Strategies from above : government / Dame Louise Casey -- Strategies from above: Caritas and beyond : getting our ecclesial act together / Pat Jones -- Strategies from below : subsidiarity and homelessness / William T. Cavanaugh -- Strategies from below : the catholic worker : building the new within the shell of the old / Kelly S. Johnson -- The ministry of accompaniment among the unhoused : reconceiving the spiritual works of mercy / Maria Teresa, Davila -- Blessed are the poor in spirit : a response to homelessness by a reading of Matthew's beatitudes / James F. Keenan -- Homelessness and hospitality on the ground : a methodological proposal for Catholic social teaching / Daniel Franklin E. Pilario -- Human rights, human flourishing, and the right to housing / Ethna Regan -- Modeling a personal solidarity in a world of exclusion / Meghan J Clark -- Hospitality / Joseph McCrave -- Finding a home : the experience of street children at the "household of hope" in Yaounde, Cameroon / Joseph L. Mben -- Seeing the "invisible" : responses to homelessness in India / Shaji George Kochuthara -- Moving Again : women, Catholic social teaching, and disguised homelessness in Jamaica / Anna Kasaji Perkins.

"An introduction to Catholic theological ethics through the lens of its historical development from the beginning of the church until today"--

"The book is aimed especially to curious newcomers, especially people who do not want to be told that there are simple Catholic answers to the complicated problems of the modern world. The goal is not only to explain what the Church really says, but also how it got to its current position and who it is arguing with. For each topic, Counsels of Imperfection provides biblical, historical and a broad philosophical background. In the spirit of a doctrine always in development, Counsels of Imperfection points out both strong-points and imperfections in the teaching. The book is divided into 11 chapters. First comes an introduction to ever-changing modernity and the unchanging Christian understanding of human nature and society. Then come two chapters on economics, including a careful delineation of the Catholic response to socialism and capitalism. The next topic is government (Church and State, War, and democracy and related topics). Next two chapters on ecology. The last topic is the family teaching, which presents the social aspects of the Church's sexual teaching as relates to society. A brief concluding chapter looks at the teaching's changing response to the modern world, and at the ambiguous Catholic appreciation of the modern idea of progress"--

Celebrated moral theologian Charles E. Curran examines and critiques Pope Benedict XVI's contribution to Catholic social teaching in this Georgetown Digital Short, available exclusively in this concise digital format. In his eight-year pontificate (2005-13) Pope Benedict XVI wrote two encyclicals that are significant for Catholic social teaching: Deus caritas est (God Is Love) in 2005, and Caritas in veritate (Charity In Truth) in 2009. Curran analyzes and compares the teaching proposed in these two encyclicals, given that these two documents reflect differing approaches. He explores presuppos

Introduction -- Overview of the contemporary global context : life stories -- Data on poverty, hunger, and inequality in an age of globalization -- The goals and structure of this book -- Development theory and practice : an overview -- Origins of the concept of development -- Modernization theory -- Modernization theory and U.S. aid policy -- The impact of modernizationist development -- Structuralist economic theories -- Dependency theories -- Basic needs approach -- New international economic order -- Alternative development -- The impact of reformist thought on development policy -- Neoliberal resurgence and structural adjustment policies -- Current debates in development studies -- The failures of modernizationist development : a closer look -- The impacts of colonialism and slavery -- Post-WW II development policies and the third world debt crisis -- Consequences of debt and structural adjustment -- Responses to the debt crisis -- United States opposition to social change in the third world -- Summary of major structural influences on the third world -- Catholic social teaching and development -- CST prior to Pope John XXIII -- Early reflections on development : John XXIII and Vatican II -- The pivotal contributions of Paul VI, the Latin American bishops, and justice in the world -- John Paul II : the centrality of solidarity -- The social ethics of Benedict XVI -- Summary of catholic social teaching on development issues -- Catholic social teaching and political economy : neoconservative and radical critiques -- Neoconservative reflections on CST -- Radical reflections on CST -- Evaluation of neoconservative, radical, and CST views -- Grassroots critics of development and neoliberal globalization -- Rejecting the quest for development - Vandana shiva : the violence of development and reductionist science -- Further issues in the development/globalization debates -- Reclaiming the commons : the positive visions of development critics -- Catholic social teaching, the radical tradition, and development critics -- Grassroots action and policy alternatives -- Grassroots organizations in the third world : an overview -- The impact of grassroots organizations -- Development policies : follow the nic model -- Alternative development policies -- Differing visions : alternative development vs. regeneration -- Prospects for the adoption of alternative policies -- Re-envisioning C atholic social teaching -- The contributions of CST to the development debate -- Enhancing Catholic social teaching -- Structural analysis of capitalism -- Women, development, and CST -- CST, modernization, and cultural diversity -- CST and ecology - CST, grassroots movements, and social struggle -- The church and social change -- Social criticism and pioneering creativity : how Christians can constructively address issues of development and globalization -- Education -- Lifestyle choices -- Responsible purchasing -- Responsible investment -- Organizing, activism, and aid provision -- Direct service/solidarity -- Responsible parenting -- Applying CST in the life of the church -- Concluding reflections -- Theological epilogue: The path of discipleship

"This book pursues two goals in the context of resurgence of interest in "the common good" as a topic in political philosophy and Christian ethics. The first goal is the clarification of the notion of common good, elaborating it through the three lenses of Aristotelian practical philosophy, twentieth century Catholic Social Thought, and political liberalism. The second goal is to make the case that the espousal of the common good does not entail a rejection of liberalism, but that a commitment to liberal politics is compatible with faithful adherence to the Catholic tradition. The first goal is warranted by the fact that many authors such as Michael Sandel who invoke "the common good" do not explain the concept. The second is necessitated by the tendency among many contemporary Catholic authors to polarize liberalism and the common good, presenting readers with a stark choice. Instead of exacerbating divisions this book explores what is common, even where there is difference and division. The Second Vatican Council's Gaudium et spes invites all to a dialogue about the common good as the set of economic, political, legal, and cultural conditions for the flourishing of human beings, whether as individuals or as communities. The challenge of dialogue is taken up through the three lenses, identifying a heuristic concept of the common good, along with two criteria for its application. First, no systematic exclusion of any person or group, and second, no systematic exclusion of any genuine dimension of the human good. These criteria have their counterparts in the principles of solidarity and subsidiarity. They prove their usefulness in discussion of democracy, human rights, and religious liberty, accepting a political liberalism that can facilitate the collaboration in political life by exponents of many different worldviews and religious doctrines"--