ISSN: 1941-8450
Faithful Citizenship
Principles and Strategies to Serve the Common Good
Edited by Dennis Hamm, S.J., Creighton University
and Gail S. Risch, Creighton University
and Gail S. Risch, Creighton University
Introduction (pp. 1-5)
1. Faithful Citizenship: History, Context, Directions, Dangers (pp. 6-19)
2. Catholics and American Politics (pp. 20-26)
Response: A Prophetic Challenge to Both Parties, and to the Church Itself (pp. 27-32)
3. The Common Good and Issues in U.S. Politics: A Critical Catholic Approach (pp. 33-46)
Response: I Read the Document Differently (pp. 47-54)
4. The Scandal of Poverty: “Cultured Indifference” and the Option for the Poor Post-Katrina (pp. 55-72)
Response: There Is Hope for Diminishing Poverty and Inequities in America (pp. 73-79)
5. The Violent Bear It Away: Just War and U.S. Military Policy in the Eyes of Catholic Teaching (pp. 80-91)
Response: Just War from a Legal Perspective (pp. 92-95)
6. Advancing the Culture of Life through Faithful Citizenship (pp. 96-125)
Response: The Death Penalty – Another Threat to a Culture of Life (pp. 126-34)
7. Immigration: A Faithful Approach to Matters of Citizenship (pp. 135-49)
8. Faithful Citizenship and Climate Change: Reclaiming Christian Principles of Prudence, Poverty and the Common Good (pp. 150-63)
Response: I Agree, But Do Not Neglect the Population Question (pp. 164-72)
9. Faithful Citizenship between Elections: Reflections from an Exponent of Broad-Based Community Organizing (pp. 173-78)