Option for the Poor and for the Earth: From Leo XIII to Pope Francis

by Donal Dorr

Overview

A new edition of a classic text, including insights into Pope Francis’ encyclical on ecology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626981621
Publisher:	Orbis Books
Publication date:	05/18/2016
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Abbreviations ix

1 Context 1

2 Pope Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum 17

3 Pius XI and a New Social Order 40

4 Pius XII: Anticommunism and Decolonization 58

5 Pope John XXIII-A New Direction? 72

6 Vatican II: Another Agenda 104

7 Paul VI on the Progress of Peoples 134

8 Medellin and Octogesima Adveniens 157

9 The 1971 Synod: "Justice in the World" 179

10 Synod 1974: Evangelii Nuntiandi and Liberation 196

11 John Paul II: An Integral Humanism 214

12 An Encyclical on Work and Solidarity 238

13 Concern and Consolidation 259

14 Women: Justice, Equality, and Complementarity 287

15 Deus Caritas Est and Catholic Charitable and Development Agencies 309

16 Caritas in Veritate and an "Economy of Communion" 327

17 Reactions and Follow-up to Caritas in Veritate 353

18 Anthropocentric Ecology 368

19 Pope Francis: A Radical Option for the Poor 391

20 Ecology in the Teaching of Pope Francis 411

21 Drawing the Threads Together 450

Bibliography of Primary Sources 493

Bibliography of Secondary Sources 509

Index 529