Catholicism and Human Rights

Professor Samuel Levine, of Pepperdine Law, sends this page and links our way:

HUMAN RIGHTS: A VIEW FROM A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY: Introduction to the 1998 Presentations

Charity and Justice within the Gospel and the Church's Social Teaching Most Rev. Howard J. Hubbard The Rights of Nations: Reflections on the Address of Pope John Paul II to the 50th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Ambassador Joseph Cassar The Univeresal Declaration of Human Rights: Universally Applicable or Culturally Relative? Dr. Uma Balakrishnan Economic Theology, Catholic Social THought and the Existence of Economic Human Rights Dr. Charles M.A. Clark

Pope Pius XI's Crusade for Human Rights and his Hidden "Encyclical," Humani Gneris Unitas, Against Racism and Anti-Semitism Dr. Frank J. Coppa Catholic Social Teaching and the Welfare of Workers Dr. David I. Gregory, Esq. Identifying Unenumberated Constitutionsl Human Rights and Unenumerated Biblical Obligations: A Comparative Study Samuel J. Levine, Esq. A Spirituality in Quest of Human Rights: What's Vincentian University to Do? Rev. Michael D. Whalen, C.M .

The Vincentian Chair of Social Justice Presentations is published annually by the Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John’s University. Each volume is a collection of research reports, opinion papers, lectures and selected essays from various academic fields and interdisciplinary discussion on issues of poverty and justice. ©2000. Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439. All rights reserved. For permission to reprint, contact the Vincentian Center for Church and Society, (718) 990-1612. (ISSN 1097-2560) The current contents are indexed in the Catholic Periodical and Literature Index. The views expressed in the articles are to be attributed to their authors and not to the Vincentian Chair of Social Justice, the editors, or St. John’s University. The Vincentian Center for Church and Society copyright 2000-2003 - all rights reserved