Theology · Boston College
This course explores the tradition of Catholic social thought and in its theoretical and lived forms. It probes the theological and moral foundations of social responsibility and the relationships between the church and civil society. It investigates the implications of the traditions core commitments (including human rights, solidarity, the option for the poor, liberation, the common good) for contemporary questions of justice. It attends to the ways structural inequalities and harmful ideologies impact the courses applied ethics topics (e.g., racialized violence, migration, labor rights, and
