Catholic Social Teaching and Movements
Author: Marvin L. Krier Mich

When Catholics tell the story of their social teaching, they may point with pride to how Pope Leo XIII broke new ground in supporting the workers' right to unions and celebrate the breakthroughs of the Second Vatican Council on human rights and religious liberty. But how many people have heard this success story from the perspective of the activists and leaders who lived out the teaching and, in the process, helped to forge that living tradition?

Here is the perfect introductory book to Catholic social teaching. It covers not only the official documents and encyclicals but also gives a sense of the movement and people who embodied the struggle for social justice in the last 100 years. The Catholic tradition of social justice comes alive in the interplay between the actors and movements of the day and the church's official teachings.

In each chapter the author surveys pertinent encyclicals and pastoral letters, giving the context, content, and a brief evaluation of the teaching. He then tells the story of the people and social justice movements present at that time. The stories of Virgil Michel, Dorothy Day, Baroness de Hueck, Cesar Chavez and more empower and free us, while at the same time immersing us in the spirituality of the Catholic social tradition.

Marvin L. Krier Mich, S.T.L., S.T.D: is Academic Dean and Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at St Bernard's Institute in Rochester, New York. He has been actively involved in social justice ministry and education worldwide since 1971.

Format: Softcover
Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications
Length: 470 pages
Copyright: 2003
Approximate Size: 6" x 9"