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Latest News Involving SCSS and its members
- Congratulations to SCSS co-founder and longtime active member Joseph Varacalli! He has been appointed by the Board of Trustees of the SUNY system, along with 12 others from the entire 64 college system, as a Distinguished Service Professor. Since 1963 only 240 faculty members have been given this designation. For more information, click here.
- Congratulations to SCSS member Gary Glenn! He has been appointed to National Council for the Humanities and confirmed by the Senate.
- Congratulations to SCSS member Mary Ann Glendon! She has been confirmed as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican.
- Call for Papers: Mulieris Dignitatem and the Church's Social Vision: The Feminine Genius in the Pursuit of the Common Good. October 23, 2008 at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.
- The Catholic Social Science Review now is on the internet!
- A Response to the "Catholic Call to Civility" SCSS members Ken Grasso and Joe Varacalli were signatories.
- NEW: Check out the Masters in Theology Program from SCSS. Here is the Flier and the Scholar-Tutor insert. For an application, click here.
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A Petition To Beatify Pius XII
Two national Catholic organizations, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and the SCSS, are working in a joint effort to petition Pope Benedict XVI to expedite the cause for the beatification of Pope Pius XII.
It is our strongly held conviction that Pope Pius XII has been unfairly portrayed as someone who stood silent during the Holocaust. Indeed, we know of no world leader who did more to resist the Nazis and rescue Jews than this great man. To depict him otherwise is to slander him, and this is not something Catholics will ever accept. You can sign the petition here.
The 14th Annual Conference will be held on October 24-25 at DeSales University in Allentown, PA.
The Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science and Social Policy is now available.
It's available on Amazon
(link)
and on the Scarecrow Press website (link).
Here's a one page
printable order form that could be used when encouraging a library to order.
Endorsements:
In the December issue of First Things:
Father Richard John Neuhaus said that the Encyclopedia "simply must be in every Catholic library - parish, high school, college and university."
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“A remarkable work of research went into this much needed and long overdue project. For Catholic writers and defenders of the Catholic faith in the civic arena in a growing secular culture, Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science and Social Policy is a God send”.
- Ray Flynn, Former Mayor of Boston and U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican
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"The Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science and Social Policy is one of those tools that, once you use it, you simply can't be without. Handsomely produced, easy to read and filled with outstanding Catholic scholarship, this is a key resource not just for schools and libraries, but for every committed Catholic adult. If you want a briefing on natural law, the background on Catholic social doctrine, or a biography of major Catholic thinkers from the past like Christopher Dawson, the Encyclopedia is the place to turn. It's invaluable." - Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Denver
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"The Encyclopedia is a masterful compendium of Catholic Social Teaching that will be helpful to any sociologist, psychologist, economist, theologian, cleric, religious, or layman looking for a good overview of Catholic teaching on a vast range of topics. I highly recommend it." -W. Bradford Wilcox, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Virginia and fellow of the Witherspoon Institute
"No such work of all its attributes has appeared in English, to the best knowledge of this reviewer, since the original Catholic Encyclopedia of some century ago. Parents might well consider making the Encyclopedia a gift to their children going off to college, or already there, and/or having it on the family bookshelves for use of students still at home." - Frank Morriss in The Wanderer
Many pages on this website have documents in PDF. If you do not have Adobe Reader, you can download a free copy at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html .
News and Notes
Check out a new website edited by SCSS member Kevin Schmiesing www.catholichistory.net
If you are a member of SCSS, you can join the SCSS-Forum list serv. It is operated by Keith Cassidy. For more information about the listserv, contact Keith Cassidy at kcassidy@uoguelph.ca.
Click here for a Database of catholic social thought organizations - a unique, online resource that brings together information that can serve people and institutions involved with different areas of catholic social teaching.
Catholic Commentary - brief articles on current issues by members of the SCSS.
David Lukenbill, Catholic Social Teaching and Criminal Transformation
Deborah Sturm, On the Link Between Immunization and Abortion
William May, The Realities of Stem Cell Research
Stephen M. Krason, New Directions for U.S. Foreign policy: Catholic social teaching as a guide
Joseph Varacalli, "The cultural and Political impotence of Catholics In Contemporary American Life"
BOOKS BY SCSS MEMBERS - Click here for a list of books by SCSS members.
Read complete articles and book reviews from the Catholic Social Science Review, the journal of the SCSS
Volume IX (2004) Volume VIII (2003) Volume VII (2002) Volume VI (2001)
Public and Church Affairs Articles.
In this section shorter articles about current events will be posted. Read SCSS President Steve Krason's short essay on "The Tyrannical Character of the 'Child Protective Services'" You can also read a longer essay on this same topic by Steve Krason in this section.
An Essay by Jude Chua Soo Meng on the church, human rights and Asia.
The Society of Catholic Social Scientists would like to recognize the work of three important voices in defense of the church in the Post-Vatican II era in the United States by providing briefs biographies of Frederick Wilhelmsen, L. Brent Bozell, and Warren Carroll. Through their writings and actions, these men have had great influence on many members of the SCSS.
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Defending the Family: A Sourcebook - edited by Stephen Krason and Paul Vitz is for sale through the Franciscan University Bookstore for $20. 1-888-333-0381
If you would like to post a job opening on the Employment page, contact web page editor - mlcoulter(at)gcc.edu. New position at Benedictine College posted on 4/23/2008 /
Want to become an SCSS member? Get a membership application here (in Word) or here (in PDF)
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