This book initially provides a retrospective view of <strong>Catholic social thought</strong>for the past one hundred years and the manner in which it has been ... » 

This book initially provides a retrospective view of Catholic social thoughtfor the past one hundred years and the manner in which it has been variouslyinterpreted. As the editors of the book point out currently Catholic socialthought is no longer preeminent in debates involving international politics orsociology. The Catholic world has a serious challenge to break down thebarriers of ignorance and regain an ethical impetus in such debates. Theeditors have assembled articles from a variety of leading Catholic scholars onissues such as Social Ethics Political Philosophy Globalisation JusticeHuman Rights Economics and Poverty in order to show that far from beingmoribund current Catholic Social Thought is lively discursive and should beplaying a central role in forging the intellectual life of our day. «