"Some of the material ... first appeared, in different form, in A century of Catholic social thought: essays on Rerum novarum and nine other key documents"
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index.
Contents
In the beginning : Rerum Novarum (1891) / William Murphy -- In praise of little platoons : Quadragesimo Anno (1931) / Thomas C. Kohler -- A teacher who learns : Mater et Magistra (1961) / Robert A. Sirico -- The human-rights revolution : Pacem in Terris (1963) / George Weigel -- Modernity and its discontents : Gaudium et Spes (1965) / Mary Eberstadt -- A special kind of liberty : Dignitatis Humanae (1965) / Kenneth L. Grasso -- Reforming international development : Populorum Progressio (1967) / Robert Royal -- Beyond economics, beyond revolution : Octogesima Adveniens (1971) / James Finn -- Work : the human environment : Laborem Exercens (1981) / Robert A. Destro -- The turn toward enterprise : Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (1987) / William McGurn -- The virtues of freedom : Centesimus Annus (1991) / George Weigel.