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Centesimus Annus – Discussion Group
30th April 2024: 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm BST
Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus
Online discussion group running over nine weeks.
Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information.
The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html
Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present
Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16 – Socialism, atheism, and the modern State
Week Three (May 7): Sections 17-21 – True freedom, true peace, and the post-War order
Week Four (May 14): Sections 22-29 – Why communism fell, and what it left behind?
Week Five (May 21): Sections 30 – 33 – Towards a human economy (Part One)
Week Six (May 28): Sections 34-36 – Towards a human economy (Part Two)
Week Seven (June 4): Sections 37-39 – Ecology and human ecology
Week Eight (June 11): Sections 40- 43 – Alienation and exploitation
Week Nine (June 18): Sections 44-62 – State, culture, humanity, and the Church
Contact:
Las Casas Institute
lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk