Outline of Module A

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Living Life to the Full   

The module has eight units. For the contents of each unit, click on its title. 

 

UNIT 1

Introduction and the ‘Prophetic Strand’ in Scripture

To engage with the module most fruitfully, simply begin reading at the start.  Click above and then on ‘1.1.1’.

UNIT 2

Historical Background and Main Principles of CST


UNIT 3

‘In the Image of God’: Humanity’s Role within Creation and Ecological Responsibility

This unit assumes familiarity with units 1 and 2.

UNIT 4

Working Life and the ‘Priority of Labour over Capital’

This unit assumes familiarity with units 1 and 2.


UNIT 5

Business, Economics and the ‘Universal Destination of Goods’

This and later units assume familiarity with at least units 1, 2 and 4.

UNIT 6

‘Natural Law’, Subsidiarity and Family Life in Society

UNIT 7

Human Dignity in Practice: Duties and Rights


UNIT 8

Synthesis and Critique: Catholic Social Teaching in Historical Perspective


The module is more like an on-line textbook on Catholic Social Teaching (CST) than a reference book.  As indicated, successive units assume people have worked through at least some earlier ones.

The contents pages for units mean the material can also be used to see what CST has to say on particular topics, and many internal links mean it can be explored in other ways.

MODULE ASSIGNMENTS

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Acknowledgments

Citation information

Bibliography

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Outline for Module B

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