Skip to Main Content
Library Home Search Databases Guides Reserves Blog About

Religious Studies

Resources in religious studies available to the Rosemont community.

RST 0233 Catholic Social Justice Tradition

This course examines the development and key elements of the Catholic Social Justice tradition. Tracing Catholic revelation, reason, tradition, and experience, this course will approach key issues of contemporary concern including peace and violence, hunger, racism, the dignity of work, care for creation, and other critical issues. Prerequisites: none.

REQUIRED TEXTS:

TOTAL ESTIMATED COURSE COST: $9.00 - $38.25

Discovery Search Box

Featured Subject Specific Resources

These search terms may help as you work on class assignments:

  • Catholic social justice
  • Vatican II (Second Vatican Council)
  • Various topics in social justice
    • racial justice
    • socio-economic justice
    • oppression
    • role of the state
    • social organization
    • distribution of wealth

Encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries and other reference books can be a great place to start your research. They will:

  • Give you the background information you need to start researching unfamiliar concepts
  • Help you to narrow your topic down to a manageable research question
  • Provide fast, reliable sources for definitions, facts, and statistics.

The links below will direct you to additional resources on the open web. Depending on the nature of your research, it may or may not be appropriate to utilize these sources, so it is always best to check first with your professor or a librarian. Consult this page for more guidance on evaluating websites.