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The Evolution Of Modern Catholic Social Teaching On Labour And Social Justice, Hugh J. Campbell
The Evolution Of Modern Catholic Social Teaching On Labour And Social Justice, Hugh J. Campbell
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
The task of this thesis is to show that from the nineteenth century to the present Catholic Scoial Teaching recognized increasingly the need for social justice in the areas of labour and society. In order to do this, I propose to research carefully the major official Church documents on Catholic social teaching on human labour from Pople Leo XIII’s Enevelical, Rerum Novarum (The Condition of Labour), 1891, up to Pope John II’s Enevelical Laborem Exercens (On Human Work), 1981. I will also attempt to define what Catholic Social Teaching is and explain what are the principles which make up the …
The Institution Of Betrothal In The Early Rabbinical Literature, Emma Mclennan
The Institution Of Betrothal In The Early Rabbinical Literature, Emma Mclennan
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
This study is a detailed examination of the institution of betrothal in the early rabbinical literature. The primary sources for the study include the Mishnah, the Tosefta and the Babylonian Talmud. Part One of the thesis examines the procedural elements of betrothal: how a valid betrothal is contracted; the relative powers in the process of the three primary participants (the woman, her father and the man doing the betrothing); the significance of the betrothal: invalidating and terminating the betrothal. Part Two examines the rights and obligations which are associated with the betrothal period, especially in regard to the woman. The …