Social Justice Isn't What You Think It Is. Paul Adams
Church. I. Adams, Paul, 1943– II. Title.
BX1795.J87N68 2015
261.8—dc23
2015017129
Dedicated to
Kelli Steele Adams in love and gratitude
and to
Karen Laub Novak (1937–2009)
for the energy that flows from her still.
MATERIAL ADAPTED AND USED WITH PERMISSION
Chapters 1 and 2: “Defining Social Justice,” First Things (December 2000); “Three Precisions: Social Justice,” First Things (December 1, 2010).
Chapters 3 and 4: “Hayek: Practitioner of Social Justice,” in Three in One: Essays on Democratic Capitalism, 1976–2000, ed. Edward Younkins (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001).
Chapter 9: “Social Justice Redefined: Pius XI,” in The Catholic Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (New York: Free Press, 1993).
Chapter 10: “The Fire of Invention, the Fuel of Interest,” in The Fire of Invention: Civil Society and the Future of the Corporation (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1997).
Chapters 10 and 11: “Capitalism Rightly Understood,” in The Catholic Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (New York: The Free Press, 1993).
Chapter 12: “Pope Benedict XVI’s Caritas,” First Things (August 17, 2009).
Chapter 13: “Agreeing with Pope Francis,” National Review Online (December 7, 2013).
CONTENTS
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Paul AdamsPART ONE The Theoryby Michael NovakDEFINITIONS, CONTEXT1 Social Justice Isn’t What You Think It Is2 Six Secular Uses of “Social Justice,”3 A Mirage?4 Friedrich Hayek, Practitioner of Social Justice5 Sixteen Principles of Catholic Social Thought: The Five Cs6 The Five Rs7 The Six SsTHE POPES ON SOCIAL JUSTICE8 Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum9 Forty Years Later: Pius XI10 American Realities and Catholic Social Thought11 Centesimus Annus: Capitalism, No and Yes12 Benedict XVI and Caritas in Veritate13 Pope Francis on Unreformed CapitalismFURTHER CHALLENGES14 A New Theological Specialty: The Scout15 Needed: A Sharper Sense of SinPART TWO In Practiceby Paul AdamsIntroduction Getting beyond Dichotomies16 Conscience and Social Justice17 Marriage as a Social Justice Issue18 Practicing Social Justice19 From Charity to Justice?20 Charity Needs Caritas—So Does Social JusticeEpilogue Social Justice: In the Vast Social Space between the Person and the State by Paul Adams and Michael NovakNotesIndex
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Paul Adams
PART ONE The Theory
by Michael Novak
1 Social Justice Isn’t What You Think It Is
2 Six Secular Uses of “Social Justice,”
3 A Mirage?
4 Friedrich Hayek, Practitioner of Social Justice
5 Sixteen Principles of Catholic Social Thought: The Five Cs
6 The Five Rs
7 The Six Ss
8 Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum
9 Forty Years Later: Pius XI
10 American Realities and Catholic Social Thought
11 Centesimus Annus: Capitalism, No and Yes
12 Benedict XVI and Caritas in Veritate
13 Pope Francis on Unreformed Capitalism
14 A New Theological Specialty: The Scout
15 Needed: A Sharper Sense of Sin
PART TWO In Practice
by Paul Adams
Introduction Getting beyond Dichotomies
16 Conscience and Social Justice
17 Marriage as a Social Justice Issue
18 Practicing Social Justice
19 From Charity to Justice?
20 Charity Needs Caritas—So Does Social Justice
Epilogue Social Justice: In the Vast Social Space between the Person and the State by Paul Adams and Michael Novak
Notes
Index
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