Rethinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought

Daniel K. Finn is Professor Emeritus of Economics and the Theology at St. John's University and the College of Saint Benedict. He has written several books, including Consumer Ethics in a Global Economy: How Buying Here Causes Injustice There (GUP 2019).

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Sources for Re-thinking Justice1. African Understandings of Justice, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, S.J.2. Hindu and Buddhist Understandings of Justice, George Kodithottam, S.J.3. Justice in Latin American Theology, Maria Inês de Castro Millen4. Scripture as a Resource for Re-thinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought, Anathea Portier-Young5. Thomas Aquinas' Theory of Justice, Jean Porter6. How Liberalism Can Contribute to Re-thinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought, Francis Schussler Fiorenza7. Justice in Catholic Social Teaching, Lisa Sowle Cahill8. Experience, Social Location, and Justice, Agnes M. Brazal9. Justice as a Characteristic of Social Structures, Daniel K. FinnPart II: Three Constructive Accounts of Justice10. What Justice Might Be Understood to Entail in Catholic Social Thought Today, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator S.J.11. Justice: A Three-Dimensional Account from Catholic Social Teaching, David Cloutier12. Justice as a Virtue in Catholic Social Thought, Lisa Sowle CahillPart III: A Rough Consensus13. Toward a Definition of Justice in Catholic Social Thought, Daniel K. FinnAbout the Contributors

This may sound hyperbolic, but there are enough insights for a plethora of cross-stitched mottoes to hang on one's wall for contemplation, or to scream from the melting mountain tops of an unjust and disintegrating world. The many-colored "threads" intertwine and, if implemented, have much to offer to an increasingly bleeding world.