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Empirical foundations of the common good : what theology can learn from social science / edited by Daniel K. Finn.

Contributor(s): Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xx, 246 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780190670054
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Contents:
Contributions of contemporary political science to an understanding of the common good / Matthew Carnes -- What can economists contribute to the common good tradition? / Andrew M. Yuengert -- Public policy and the common good / Mary Jo Bane -- The contribution of sociology to Catholic social thought and the common good / Douglas V. Porpora -- Contributions of economic theory to an understanding of the common good in Catholic social thought / Charles K. Wilber -- Public service, public goods, and the common good : Argentina as a case study / Gerardo Sanchis Munoz -- What can social science teach Catholic social thought about the common good? / David Cloutier -- What theology should and should not learn from the social sciences about the common good / Mary L. Hirschfeld.
Summary: "Asks two questions: what have the social sciences learned about the common good, and how might theology alter its understanding of the common good in light of that insight? ... This volume's interplay of social scientific and religious views is a unique contribution to contemporary discussion of what constitutes 'the common good'"--Page 2 of book jacket.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Main Collection John Kinder Theological Library BX1753 EMP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A42272538

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributions of contemporary political science to an understanding of the common good / Matthew Carnes -- What can economists contribute to the common good tradition? / Andrew M. Yuengert -- Public policy and the common good / Mary Jo Bane -- The contribution of sociology to Catholic social thought and the common good / Douglas V. Porpora -- Contributions of economic theory to an understanding of the common good in Catholic social thought / Charles K. Wilber -- Public service, public goods, and the common good : Argentina as a case study / Gerardo Sanchis Munoz -- What can social science teach Catholic social thought about the common good? / David Cloutier -- What theology should and should not learn from the social sciences about the common good / Mary L. Hirschfeld.

"Asks two questions: what have the social sciences learned about the common good, and how might theology alter its understanding of the common good in light of that insight? ... This volume's interplay of social scientific and religious views is a unique contribution to contemporary discussion of what constitutes 'the common good'"--Page 2 of book jacket.

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