Overview
In this collection of essays, Francis Russell Hittinger shows that Catholic social teaching is not only an articulate defence of the dignity of the human person, but perhaps more fundamentally an elucidation of the dignity of society. Indeed, Hittinger enables us to see that one cannot properly defend the dignity of the person without also showing the dignity of societies in which human persons - as naturally familial, political, and ecclesial animals - seek their own perfection in communion with others. Hittinger has been a renowned scholar of Catholic social doctrine for some time now, and the essays presented here are the fruit of his mature thinking on the topic over the course of many years. As each chapter shows, Hittinger's historically important body of work on Catholic moral and social philosophy and theology is rooted in natural law theory and Thomistic philosophy, but also animated by St. Augustine's thought and thus consistently sensitive to historical contexts and arenas for moral and theological disputation. These magisterial essays therefore integrate historical studies of the development of Catholic social teaching with systematic exposition of the theological coherence of that tradition, while also articulating the essential role of philosophy and natural law within both. The volume is divided into three parts. The first part is comprised of six essays on Catholic social teaching, the second part is made up of six essays on natural law and its role in social doctrine, and the third part includes two essays discussing the first principles of the Church's teaching on social issues. This collection will no doubt become a standard in the field of scholarship on Catholic social teaching.
Full Product Details
Author: F. Russell Hittinger ,
Scott Roninger ,
Mary Ann Glendon
Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
Imprint: The Catholic University of America Press
ISBN: 9780813238517
ISBN 10: 081323851
Pages: 490
Publication Date: 31 July 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
F. Russell Hittinger is Emeritus Professor of Religion at the University of Tulsa, and the Executive Director of the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of Amerca. Scott Roninger is associate professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. Mary Ann Glendon is the Learned Hand Professor of Law, Emerita at Harvard Law School and a former United States Ambassador to the Holy See.
