Pope Francis and Economic Democracy: Understanding Pope Francis's Radical (yet) Practical Approach to Political Economy
This article explains how Pope Francis's economic views are both radical and practical. His views are practical in the sense that they are sensitive to social realities, not theoretical abstractions; and they are radical in the sense that they undermine traditional economic ideologies. To demon...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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Theological studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 81, Issue: 1, Pages: 203-224 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Francis Pope 1936-2025
/ Economy
/ Democracy
/ Social justice
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KCB Papacy KDB Roman Catholic Church NCC Social ethics NCE Business ethics |
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Centesimus Annus
B Justice B Pope Francis B Laudato Si' B Ideology B Socialism B economic democracy B Equality B Evangelii Gaudium B Neo-liberalism B Capitalism |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | This article explains how Pope Francis's economic views are both radical and practical. His views are practical in the sense that they are sensitive to social realities, not theoretical abstractions; and they are radical in the sense that they undermine traditional economic ideologies. To demonstrate these points, I show how Francis's pronouncements are consistent with "economic democracy." In economic democracy efforts are made to create a more equal dispersal of capital assets and the economy is more squarely oriented around fundamental human ends, including the common good, human dignity, equality and opportunity, meaningful work, ecological responsibility, and solidarity. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040563920907077 |
