Table of Contents

Introduction
Part 1: Sources
1. Biblical Justice (Mary Katherine Birge, SSJ)
2. The Liturgy as a Source of Formation in Catholic Social Teaching (Rev. James M. Donohue, CR)
3. Eucharist and Social Justice (Rodica Stoicoiu)
4. Pope Leo XIII and a Century of Catholic Social Teaching (John Donovan)
Part 2: Love
5. Saint Augustine of Hippo--Love, Community, and Politics (William Collinge)
6. A Contemporary Augustinian Approach to Love and Politics--Pope Benedict XVI's Deus Caritas Est (William Collinge)
7. Modern Politics and Catholic Social Teaching (David Cloutier)
Part 3: Justice
8. Natural Law--St. Thomas Aquinas and the Role of Reason in Social Order (Joshua P. Hochschild)
9. Modern Economy and the Social Order (David Matzko McCarthy)
10. Through the Needle's Eye--The Catholic Worker Movement and the Challenge of Voluntary Poverty (Kathy Dow Magnus)
Part 4: Moving Forward
11. The Challenge of Religious Liberty (Richard Buck)
12. Compassion and Hospitality (Trudy Conway)
13. From Despot to Steward--The Greening of Catholic Social Teaching (Brian Henning)
Glossary
Index

About the Author

David Matzko McCarthy (PhD, Duke University) teaches theology at Mount Saint Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He is the author of Gathered for the Journey: Moral Theology in Catholic Perspective and Sex and Love in the Home: A Theology of the Household, and has written for publications such as New Blackfriars, Christian Century, and Modern Theology.