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International Association for Catholic Social Thought

Mission Statement

As a tradition of thought about human nature and purpose, society, politics, culture and economy, Catholic Social Thought comprises two streams: (a) as a body of official Catholic Social Teaching (CST), expressed mainly through papal encyclicals, also in counciliar declarations, and statements by regional or national bishops' conferences; and (b) contributions by individual Catholic thinkers and by connected institutions, movements or groups dedicated to both reflection and action (henceforward 'Catholic non-official social thinking' or CNOST).

The association for Catholic Social Thought is an organisation of scholars and experts in CST/CNOST whose collaboration is aimed at:
  • promoting scientific research into catholic social thought with a special focus on non-official catholic social thinking (CNOST)
  • improving the teaching of catholic social thought and the development of catholic social thinking at universities, institutes of higher learling, departments of theology and seminaries
  • extending the knowledge of catholic social thought and promoting the development of catholic social thinking among christians involved in social work, seminaries, justice and peace commissions, pax Christi and so on
  • engaging in ecumenical and interreligious projects concerning sociale ethics
  • stimulating interaction and transdisciplinary dialogue with experts in political philosophy, economic theory, culture, business and finance
  • engaging in ecumenical projects about the social commitment of christians
  • contributing to the development of Catholic social thinking in the Catholic Church

The steering committee will translate this mission statement into "smart" (specific, measurable, achievable and realistic in time) objectives and research projects

The International Steering Committee

Michael Naughton (St. Thomas University, Minnesota) Geneviève Medevielle (Institut Catholique), Simona Beretta (Sacro Cuore Milano), Daniela Parisi (Sacre Cuore, Milano), Jim Sweeney (Von Hügel Institute Cambridge), Linda Hogan (Trinity College, Dublin), Julie Clague (University of Glasgow), Sergio Bernal (Università Gregoriana, Rome), Walter Lesch (UCL)Henri-Jerôme Gagey (dean Faculty of Theology, Institut Catholique Paris),Helen Alford ( St Thomas University, Rome).

Members of the IACST

Peter Bisson (University of Regina,Saskatchewan), Jonathan Boswell (Von Hügel Institute Cambridge), Luigi Bruni (University Sacro Cuore Milano), Alois Buch (Clementia), Lisa Cahill (Boston College), J.Y. Calvez (Centre Sèvres,Paris), Aloysius Cartaganas (SMSC,,Cebu City), Paul Dembinski (directeur Observatoire de la Finance,Genève), Séverine Deneulin (University of Bath,Bath), Pier Paolo Donati (University of Bologna, president of the Italian Sociologists), Donal Dorr (,Dublin), Mary Elsbernd (Loyola University), Ingeborg Gabriel (University Vienna), Marianne Heimbach-Steins (University Bamberg), Staf Hellemans (University Utrecht), Friedhelm Hengsbach (director Nell Breuning Institut, Phil. Theol. Hochschuld St. Georgen,Frankfurt), Joe Holland (Saint Thomas University,Miami), David Hollenbach (Boston College), Thomas Hughson (Marquette University), Peter Hünermann (University Tübingen), Franciszek Kampka (vice-rector University Lublin), Cathleen Kaveny (University of Notre Dame), Robert Keen (Von Hügel Cambridge), Brian Kelty (Australian Catholic University,Fitzroy), Walter Lesch (UCL), Frank McHugh (Von Hügel Cambridge), Kenneth Medhurst (), Judith A. Merkle (Niagara University), John Milbank (University of Virginia), Mathias Nebel (ITAM,Mexico), Jude Njoku (Seat of Wisdom Seminary,Owerri-Nigeria), Peter John Opio (UMU Uganda), Hughes Puel (directeur Economie et Humanisme Lyon), Deborah Ruddy (University of St. Thomas,Minneapolis), Alain Thomasset (Centre Sèvres), Toon Toon Vandevelde (K U Leuven), Rolando Tuazon (St. Vincent School of Theology,Quezon City, the Philippines.), Johannes van de Ven (Swiss Consulting Group), Ellen Van Stichel (K U Leuven,Leuven), Ursula Nothelle Wildfeuer (dir. Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ethik), J.P. WILS (K.U.Nijmegen), Stefano Zamagni (University of Bologna)


Laatste update gebeurde op 25 Jan 2010 door Lucrèce De Becker


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