Catholic Social Teaching and Human Rights

Villanova University, March 19-20, 2012

Villanova University invites papers and/or creative work on the following themes:

• Human rights, including the role and development of human rights discourse in Pacem in Terris and/or within the Catholic social teaching tradition, the relationship between human rights and religion, and the status of social and economic rights within the paradigm of human rights;

• Human rights abuses, including the Responsibility to Protect, international human rights law, human rights advocacy and education;

• The relationship between public authority and conscience, including the responsibilities of public authorities and the participation of citizens in public life;

• Social movements for progress, including the role of nonviolent social action, social media, NGO’s, and international governmental agencies and alliances.
  
  Papers should apply Catholic social teaching to these and related issues or illuminate new research in the humanities, social or natural sciences as well as public policy measures that can be brought into dialogue with Catholic social teaching.

Contributors are encouraged to explore:

• Themes in Catholic social teaching which illuminate and inform the nature, causes and consequences related to each issue;

• Theoretical or empirical research that advances the discourse of Catholic social teaching;

• Analysis of existing literature and research from the Catholic perspective that is particularly relevant to the theme;

• Recommendations on how future teaching documents might advance our understanding of the theme.
  
  Papers may be selected for presentation at these conferences and/or be included in a future issue of the Journal of Catholic Social Thought, published by Villanova University.

To be considered for conference participation:

• Papers are solicited with a first right of refusal for publication in the Journal of Catholic Social Thought.

• Each must be original work that has not been or is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

• Forward one paper copy of the manuscript.

• Submit an electronic file in Microsoft Word (doc) format.

• Electronic files may be made by regular or electronic mail as attachments.

• Papers must be submitted by December 31, 2011.
  
  Papers may be selected for presentation at the conference, publication in the Journal or both.

For more information about the conference series, contact:

Barbara Wall, Ph.D.
Vice President for Mission and Ministry
Villanova University
Villanova, PA 19085
USA
barbara.wall@villanova.edu