Open course on the Social Doctrine of the Church
Epochal innovation - the encyclical Rerum novarum (1891)
24 FEB (Monday) | 13:00 - 14:00
Presentation
The social doctrine of the Catholic Church is one of the most influential bodies of doctrine in the economic life of contemporary societies.
The course now being proposed aims to enable those interested to become acquainted with the content of the Church's social doctrine, particularly in its economic aspects. It is clear that the Church's social doctrine can have practical normative, i.e. political, importance. It is not intended to avoid discussion of its possible use. The aim of the course, however, is objective knowledge of the content of the doctrine.
The course plan takes as its starting point the 2004 Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church and adopts from there an assumedly historical approach. In other words, it proposes the study of the Church's social doctrine through its evolution and its interaction with social reality.
The course coordinator takes responsibility for presenting the announced theme in each session. It is hoped that these presentations will give rise to exchanges of views and discussions based on the documents that constitute the thematic core of each session, and on other contributions that participants may wish to bring.
Session plan
(Feb 17) 1 - A synthesis - the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church (2004)
(Feb 24) 2 - Epochal innovation - the encyclical Rerum novarum (1891)
(10 Mar) 3 - The origins - social Catholicism and Church teaching on social issues before Rerum Novarum
(17 Mar) 4 - From social Catholicism to Catholic Action - the question of peace during the First World War and the encyclical Quadragesimo anno (1931)
(24 Mar) 5 - From Catholic Action to Christian democracy - the encyclicals Non abbiamo bisogno (1931), Mit brennender Sorge (1937) and Divini Redemptoris (1937)
(31 Mar) 6 - From Catholic Action to Christian Democracy - the radio messages of Pentecost 1941 and Christmas 1944 and developments in the immediate post-war period
(07 Apr) 7 - From Christian democracy to the problem of development - the encyclicals Mater et magistra (1961) and Pacem in terris (1963)
(14 Apr) 8 - From Christian democracy to the problem of development - the conciliar constitution Gaudium et spes (1965) and the encyclical Populorum progressio (1967)
(28 Apr) 9 - From Christian democracy to the problem of development - the apostolic letter Octogesima adveniens (1971)
(05 May) 10 - Consolidation - the encyclicals Laborem exercens (1981), Sollicitudo rei socialis (1987) and Centesimus annus (1991)
(12 May) 11 - Consolidation - again the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church (2004)
(May 19) 12 - Recent developments - the encyclical Caritas in veritate (2009) and the apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium (2013)
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