introduction to catholic social teaching

1. introduction to catholic social teaching Anna FloerkeScheid, Ph.D. Duquesne University Part 4 Unit 10 Click here for instructions.

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3. Instructions • This course is meant to be self-paced, though there will be opportunities to interact with your local and global JPIC groups. • Course content and activities should be completed in the order that they are presented to maximize student success. • The Table of Contents will be your starting point for each Unit

4. Activity Icons • Each type of course activity has a unique icon located in the upper right corner of the screen. • In this course you will: Online journal Local discussion Read online Create doc Reflect Watch video Global discussion Quiz/test

5. Unit 10:Catholic social teaching in local contexts

6. Unit 10 Table of Contents This unit is divided into several components. Start with About This Unit OR click on the link below to navigate to the component where you left off. Revisit as needed. • Instructions • About This Unit • Aims of This Unit • What You Will Learn • 10.1 Readings • 10.2 Closing Excercises • Unit Summary • Course Assessment

7. What is this unit about? During this final unit, you will have the opportunity to choose from several readings that demonstrate a variety of ways that CST might play out in particular contexts. After completing the reading, you will reflect on the relevance of CST for your own local context.

8. Aims of the Unit By the time you are finished with this unit, you should: • Be able to identify social injustices in your local and regional contexts. • Use the principles of CST to begin brainstorming responsible ways to address injustices in your local and regional contexts.

9. What You Will Learn • How CST has been enacted in different contexts around the globe • What your peers view as injustices and potential solutions for ameliorating injustice in their contexts

10. 10.1 readings

11. Reading Choose one out of the following six readings: a. “Leadership and Governance in Africa: Is Religion a Help or Hindrance?” in Reconciliation, Justice and Peace: The Second African Synod, ed. A.E. Orobator, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2011). b. Simeon Ilesanmi, “So that Peace May Reign: A Study of Just Peacemaking Experiments in Africa” in Journal for the Society of Christian Ethics 23.1 (2003): 213-226.

12. Reading c. Teresa Okure, “Church-Family of God: The Place of God’s Reconciliation, Justice and Peace,” in Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace: The Second African Synod, ed. A.E. Orobator, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2011), 13-24. d. Ngoti Frances Uti, “Come Let Us Talk This Over: On the Condition of Women Religious in the Church” in Reconciliation, Justice and Peace: The Second African Synod, ed. A.E. Orobator, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2011), 131-142.

13. Reading e. Peter Knox, “Theology, Ecology, and Africa: No Longer Strange Bedfellows” in Reconciliation, Justice and Peace: The Second African Synod, ed. A.E. Orobator, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2011), 159-170. f. Charles Villa-Vicencio, “Chapter 6: Traditional African Reconciliation Practices” in Walk with Us and Listen: Political Reconciliation in Africa, (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2009) 129-150.

14. 10.2 closing exercises

15. Closing Exercises Each of the articles available to read in this unit describes serious social problems that affect particular contexts and, in some instances, suggests courses of action for ameliorating those problems. After reading the article you have chosen, consider your own local and regional contexts. Choose one serious social injustice that is occurring in your context. In your course journal, take the time to consider that injustice in the light of the principles of CST that you have learned: human dignity, the preferential option for the poor and vulnerable, solidarity, the common good, human rights, peace, and care of creation. Take the time to brainstorm ministerial activities that seek to make this unjust situation more just. Add your thoughts to the discussion board or discuss together in person as a group.

16. Unit Summary Unit 10 invited you to consider social injustices in your local context and to brainstorm ways that CST might respond to these social injustices. You had the opportunity to reflect on these injustices and potential solutions with your peers.

17. Course Assessment Having completed this course, please click the link on the upcoming slide to take the confidential Course Assessment in which you will be asked to share your experience as a student in this course.

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