Spring - 2006

Journal of Catholic Social Thought
Volume 3 Number 2

Gaudium et Spes

Introduction
Barbara E. Wall
Villanova University

Historical and Theological Perspectives

Theological and Ecclesiological Foundations
of Gaudium et Spes
Claudio Cardinal Hummes
Archbishop of Sao Paulo

An Historical Perspective and Gaudium et Spes
Andrea Riccardi
Community of St. Egidio

Catholic Social Thought as Discernment
Johan Verstraeten
Katolieke Universiteiti, Leuven, Belgium

Gaudium et Spes and Catholic Higher Education
Justin Cardinal Rigali
Archbishop of Philadelphia

Developing World Applications

Gaudium et Spes and the Struggle for Human Rights in Peru
Mateo Garr, S.J.
Comisión Episcopal de Acción Social

A Church in the Modern World in Africa: The Zambian Experience
Peter J. Henriot, S.J.
Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection, Lusaka, Zambia

Social and Economic Applications

Gaudium et Spes and Catholic Ethics in Post-Industrial Economics: Indirect Employers and Globalization
Albino Barrera
Providence College

Economic and Philosophical Reflection on Private Wealth
Robert H. DeFina and Barbara E. Wall
Villanova University

Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach to Development and Gaudium et Spes  on Political Participation and Structural Solidarity
Séverine Deneulin
Von Hügel Institute, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge, UK

Gaudium et Spes Suggests a Change in Moral Imagination to Ensure the Just Treatment of Women
Marilyn Martone
St. John’s University (NY)