Faculty Curriculum Fellowships
on Catholic Social Teaching and Issues of
Justice - May 11 - 15, 2008
Available Fellowships: 12
Deadline for Application:
February 27, 2009
Purpose
To promote the incorporation of Catholic Social Teaching into existing
course syllabi and the development of new courses with a significant Catholic
Social Teaching component.
Eligibility
All full-time faculty are eligible to participate. We welcome scholars without regard to religious
belief, and we particularly encourage junior faculty members and younger
scholars to apply.
Description
The Office for Mission Effectiveness will sponsor a summer seminar
for Villanova University faculty on Catholic Social Teaching and Issues of
Justice. Catholic Social Teaching is a humanistic tradition of inquiry. It
transcends our usual categories of conservative and liberal when investigating
social, economic, and political reality. It articulates the dignity and social
nature of each person. Further, it explores how a Christian understanding of the
person and society works to improve human institutions and practices. It
examines the importance of values as foundational for professional life and the
attainment of the common good. The vision of a consistent ethic in professional
life is a work in progress -- Catholic Social Teaching attempts to provide a
foundational methodology for such a consistent ethic.
Activities
In May, daily seminars will include Continental breakfast and lunch,,
and will be followed by seminar sessions. Afternoon sessions will include
discussion of course syllabi and interdisciplinary applications, with each day
ending at 3:30 pm.
Topics
Seminars will address the overarching themes of justice, human dignity,
work, solidarity, and consumption. The following issues, treated through the
reading of the Social Encyclicals and related materials will include:
- Historical and Social Contexts for Catholic Social Thought: Pre and Post Vatican II
- Theological and Anthropological Foundations for Catholic Social Thought
- Catholic Social Thought and the Common Good
- An Ethic of Life in Catholic Social Thought
- The Role of the Church in Public Life and Issues of Justice
- Catholic Social Thought and Economic Justice
- Environmental Concerns and a Just Economic Worldview
- Catholic Social Thought, War and Peace
- Catholic Social Teaching and Human Rights
- Catholic Social Thought and Racism
Stipend: $800 [Based on daily participation]
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