Catholic social thought

Hornsby-Smith, Michael P.

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“…Among the areas needing further attention are issues such as the changing nature of work even in industrialized societies, where fewer and fewer people have lifetime careers. As Michael Hornsby‐Smith (2006: 179) has put it, “there has been a commodification of labour and relentless speeding‐up of the labour process which have led to a decline in the levels of confidence and trust relations between employers and employees.” And J. Milburn Thompson (2003: 43) has argued that “exploitation of the worker has been a social justice issue since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and it continues to be a major concern as multi‐national corporations comb the earth in search of cheaper labor and higher profits.”…”

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“…John Paul thus shares with partisans on the political left the conviction that both the machines and know‐how of modern technology are the products of work, though he persistently rejects both class analysis and any sense that strife is an essential part of relations between workers and the owners of technology. He encourages a struggle for social justice but this is “ for the common good rather than against others” (Hornsby‐Smith 2006: 196). As he puts it, “technology is undoubtedly man's ally” (John Paul II 1981: 5).…”

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Human Work in Catholic Social Thought

Finn

2012

American J Econ Sociol

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In Catholic Social Thought, work is at the center of issues related to morality and economic life. It is simultaneously objective and subjective. Workers are the real agents of production, and therefore labor should have priority over capital. The able‐bodied have a moral obligation to work to obtain the things they need, but everyone has a claim on the basic necessities of life. Hence the property claims of the well‐to‐do are not to exclude the poor from what they need. The property‐right claim of stockholders depends on the firm serving work and the interests of workers. In unions, workers' natural right to form associations aligns with the right to participate in decisions affecting their lives. Numerous groups and organizations have some degree of complicity in workplace injustice and some degree of responsibility to address it.

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Human Work in Catholic Social Thought

Finn

2012

American J Econ Sociol

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“…Many social scientists as well as theologians have extensively documented and analyzed several key elements of liberation theology, central among these being that liberation theology encourages a “preferential option for the poor.” This concept, developed by Gustavo Gutiérrez in 1967, proposed at the Latin American Bishops’ Conference at Medellín in 1968, and further discussed at the Latin American Bishops’ Conference at Puebla in 1971, suggested that a primary struggle should be to empower the poor and change their material conditions (Hornsby‐Smith 2006; Petrella 2004). This essentially means that the poor should not have to be meek and wait until the next life for justice, but they can work together toward justice in this world.…”

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Pan‐latin Radical Hospitality: Faith‐based Hiv/Aids Education in the South Bronx

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Santiviago

2010

NAPA Bulletin

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The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to have a devastating impact in the South Bronx, one of the most impoverished areas in the United States. Responding to this need is an Episcopalian HIV/AIDS social ministry operated by Misión San Juan Bautista. The ministry has grown from providing social support to infected and affected persons and increasing awareness of the disease, to designing and providing HIV, gender, and sexuality popular education programs for men and women. Misión San Juan Bautista's HIV/AIDS program makes an important contribution to the field of HIV/AIDS education through its development of a culturally and linguistically competent sexuality education program that fills a gap in the current approved list of HIV/AIDS education programs targeting Latino and Latina populations. Misión San Juan Bautista's HIV/AIDS initiatives utilize Freirean popular education methods. The programs take place among groups of community members, stimulating critical analyses of common cultural ideologies and practices around gender and sexuality and their effects on individuals, couples, families, and the community. This article examines how the small, Hispanic immigrant congregation and vestry collaborate with the vicar, volunteers, staff, consultants, and partners to serve clients from a range of Latin American countries with sexual health education. In so doing, we attempt to show how the congregation and vestry have internalized and put into practice concepts of liberation theology and radical hospitality.

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Catholic social thought

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Human Work in Catholic Social Thought

Pan‐latin Radical Hospitality: Faith‐based Hiv/Aids Education in the South Bronx

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