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AbstractThis essay examines the idea of work in the Catholic social tradition. Following introductory comments about the Christian vision of work found in the writings of St. Paul and other early Christian authors, the essay provides seven claims as a summary of how work is treated in modern Catholic social teaching. Based on those summary claims, a vision of what good work in the Catholic tradition looks like is then developed. Finally, the phenomenon of the "gig economy" is presented as a contemporary threat to the meaning of good work.

Among the varied and inter-connected topics covered are: historical analyses of Catholic social teaching, Catholic social teaching and mass media, Catholic sexual morality, Catholicism and popular culture, the idea of the Catholic writer, and the nature of anti-Catholic prejudice.

Himes reviews The Virtue of War: Reclaiming the Classic Christian Traditions East and West by Alexander F. C. Webster and Darrell Cole.