The Church´s social doctrine is not a third way between liberal capitalism and Marxist collectivism, nor even a possible alternative to other solutions less radically opposed to one another: rather, it constitutes a category of its own. Nor is it an ideology, but rather the accurate formulation of the results of a careful reflection on the complex realities of human existence, in society and in the international order, in the light of faith and of the Churchs tradition. Its main aim is to interpret these realities, determining their conformity with or divergence from the lines of the Gospel teaching on man and his vocation, a vocation which is at once earthly and transcendent; its aim is thus to guide Christian behavior. It therefore belongs to the field, not of ideology, but of theology and particularly of moral theology.
John Paul II. Sollicitudo Rei Socialis
FIRST PART
HISTORY, INTRODUCTION AND PRINCIPLES OF THE SOCIAL TEACHINGS
Antonio Martín Puerta
SECOND PART
SOCIAL TEACHING ABOUT BIOETHICS
Patricia Santos Rodríguez
THIRD PART
SOCIAL TREATISE ABOUT MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
Juan Ignacio Grande Aranda
FOURTH PART
SOCIAL TREATISE ABOUT ECONOMY
Antonio Martín Puerta
FIFTH PART
SOCIAL TREATISE ABOUT POLITICS
Domingo González Hernández
SIXTH PART
SOCIAL TREATISE ABOUT LAW AND JUSTICE
Patricia Santos Rodríguez
SEVENTH PART
SOCIAL TREATISE ABOUT COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION ANT THE MEDIA
Carmen Fernández de la Cigoña Cantero
FURTHER READINGS
ANTONIO MARTÍN PUERTA (Cchief coordinator) History PhD. Gradúate in Economy. Current Director of CEU Institute of Humanities Angel Ayala. He teaches Catholic Social Teach- ing since 2001. Author of five books of Con- temporary Social and Intellectual History connected to the development and practical application of Christian social thought.
PATRICIA SANTOS RODRÍGUEZ (Coordination, edition & traslation), Law, PhD. Diploma in Catholic Social Teach- ing by the CEU Institute of Humanities Angel Ayala. Imparts Catholic Social Teaching at University since 2002. Current Secretary General of CEU Institute of Humanities Angel Ayala. Her main research area relates to social and moral responsibility in economic and legal areas.
JUAN IGNACIO GRANDE ARANDA, Law, PhD. Diploma in Catholic Social Teaching by the CEU Institute of Humanities Angel Ayala. Imparts Catholic Social Teaching at University since 2005. Current Vice-sec- retary of CEU Institute of Humanities Ángel Ayala. His main research relates to fam- ily, educative social policies, children and youth social issues.
CARMEN FERNANDEZ DE LA CIGOÑA CANTERO, Law, PhD. Diploma in Catholic Social Teaching by the CEU Institute of Humanities Ángel Ayala. Imparts Catholic Social Teaching at University since 2000. She is an expert in History of Political Thought and Social Doctrine of the Church. Participates in different mass-media activifies. Her main research relates to bioethics and social, political and legal issues.
DOMINGO GONZALEZ HERNÁNDEZ Law, PhD. Gradúate in Law and Business Administration (Comillas Pontifical University, ICADE) and Gradúate in Philosophy (UNED). Diploma in Catholic Social Teaching by the CEU Institute of Humanities Angel Ayala. Imparts Catholic Social Teaching at University since 2006. His research relates to political archaeology, political the- ology and gender ideology.
