SOC 540 Catholic Social Justice Doctrines
Introduction and examination of social applications of Catholic social thought (CST), featuring 1) a thematic study of the Compendium of Catholic Social Doctrine and reading of the major CST documents; 2) an exegesis of the Benedictine social encyclicals, with their "ethical turn" to global development and a civilization of love; and 3) application to specific contemporary social concerns such as hunger, inequality, water rights, gender, AIDS, immigration, over/under population, or other pertinent topics.