A Concise Guide to Catholic Social Teaching - Softcover

McKenna, Kevin E.

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9781594718113: A Concise Guide to Catholic Social Teaching

Synopsis

Topics related to Catholic social teaching emerge regularly in American political and civic discourse, often connected to discussions about religious freedom, abortion, immigrant rights, racism, capital punishment, and health care. This third edition of A Concise Guide to Catholic Social Teaching by Rev. Kevin E. McKenna incorporates the essential teachings of Pope Francis in Evangelium Gaudium, Laudato Si’, and Amoris Laetitia to offer a clear, beginner-level reference tool and study guide for Church leaders and other interested Catholics to help them navigate this vast body of teaching.

Building on core themes of human dignity, community, rights and responsibilities, option for the poor, dignity of work, solidarity, and care of creation, McKenna distills a vast amount of Catholic teaching into easily digestible summaries, each carefully referenced to its primary source and correlated to pressing issues making today’s headlines.

The book includes crucial teachings of the popes from Louis XIII through Francis as well as from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Each chapter concludes with questions for reflection and dialogue and appendices provide tools for parishes and study groups.

This practical and thorough guide remains a perennial favorite for study and reference in Catholic parishes, universities, and ministry formation programs.

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About the Author

Fr. Kevin E. McKenna is a senior priest at St. Louis Church in Pittsford, New York. Before retiring, he served as pastor at St. Theodore’s Church in Rochester, New York. He also served as president of the Canon Law Society of America and as vice chancellor, chancellor, and canonical consultant for the Diocese of Rochester.

He is the author of numerous articles and books, including A Concise Guide to Canon Lawand A Concise Guide to Catholic Social Teaching, and general editor of the Concise Guide series.

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ISBN 10:  0877939799 ISBN 13:  9780877939795
Publisher: Ave Maria Pr, 2002
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