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The Dignity Of The Human Person: Catholic And Islamic Approaches To Human Rights, Matthew Bagot
The Dignity Of The Human Person: Catholic And Islamic Approaches To Human Rights, Matthew Bagot
Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights
At the beginning of The Global Face of Public Faith, David Hollenbach, S.J., challenges the world’s religious communities to relate their distinctive visions of the good human life with the growing awareness that all persons are linked in a web of global interdependence. Hollenbach’s work is founded on an understanding of the common good that he discerns at Vatican II and calls “dialogic universalism.” It is universal because humans are sufficiently alike when it comes to the requirements for their respective goods; it is dialogic because cultural differences necessitate deep intellectual engagement across traditions if they are to be …
Economic Rights In Catholic Social Teaching, Andrew Beauchamp, Jason Heron
Economic Rights In Catholic Social Teaching, Andrew Beauchamp, Jason Heron
Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights
Catholic social teaching has a vision of the economy that is very closely aligned with the tradition of civil humanism, dating at least from the Italian Renaissance. In the course of contemporary discussion of economic concerns, Catholic social teaching often asserts human rights in and related to the economic sphere. However, it regards these economic imperatives not in terms of an autonomous, rights-bearing individualism, but rather within the thick web of relationships characterized by civil virtues, including reciprocity and gratuitousness.
Thus the Church conceptualizes the economy as part of a larger social ambit that includes fundamental social virtues. This vision …
Spirituality: Take Me To A Higher Place, Kane Stanglin, Alexandra Mendez, Laura A. Eads, Kyle Crosslin
Spirituality: Take Me To A Higher Place, Kane Stanglin, Alexandra Mendez, Laura A. Eads, Kyle Crosslin
Collin College Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Student Research Conference
Panel Chair: Marta Moore
Papers Presented:
"The Acceptance of Fate from a Man of God" by Alexandra Mendez
"Acceptance Is Peace" by Kane Stanglin
"Hindu Beliefs in Bhagavad-Gita" by Laura A Eads
"Analysis of 'The Sovereignty of Goodness of God'" by Kyle Crosslin