The Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church, Semester Edition, Paperback

This textbook introduces students to the Catholic Church's social teachings, a vast body of thought that includes love and family, law and justice, war and peace, wealth and poverty, rights and obligations, and freedom and obligation. This course demonstrates how the Church's Magisterium has responded to social developments throughout the years by authoritatively interpreting Divine Revelation and preaching the demands of the Gospel. The student will discover how Christ's divine compassion for others, particularly the poor and vulnerable, is reflected in the Church's social theology and mission today.

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Midwest Theological Forum's Didache Semester Series is a collection of high school textbooks, teacher's manuals, and student workbooks. Each title is for a single academic semester. These titles were created in response to the USCCB Subcommittee on the Catechism's 2007 curricular framework in order to aid in the development of religious education textbooks for Catholic high schools.

This book, The Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church, corresponds to Elective C: Living as a Disciple of Jesus Christ in Society in the curriculum framework.

This textbook is published with ecclesiastical approval from the Archdiocese of Chicago, and it has been granted conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Churchby the USCCB Subcommittee on the Catechism.