Catholic Social Teaching and the Gospel

The documents that represent Catholic Social Teaching are primarily papal and clerical. Following the approach of Herbert McCabe that CST is not a body of doctrine but is a response to concrete social circumstances, this paper notes the absence of serious engagement with the Bible in CST and particu...

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Main Author: MacLoughlin, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2012
In: New blackfriars
Year: 2012, Volume: 93, Issue: 1044, Pages: 163-174
Further subjects:B Economics
B Archaeology
B Catholic Social Teaching
B Parable
B Politics
B Historical Jesus
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Summary:The documents that represent Catholic Social Teaching are primarily papal and clerical. Following the approach of Herbert McCabe that CST is not a body of doctrine but is a response to concrete social circumstances, this paper notes the absence of serious engagement with the Bible in CST and particularly the teaching of Jesus. Using two parables as paradigms, we can see that Jesus was using the social and economic circumstances of his day to provoke debate and an imaginative response that might lead his listeners towards the kingdom of God. In developing the current state of CST, the Church must draw on the practical wisdom of already existing Church groups and must collaborate with groups outside the Church.
ISSN:1741-2005
Contains:Enthalten in: New blackfriars
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2005.2011.01472.x