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| the poorest of the poor, focus of the Gospels |
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| eight principles for living that imitate the Kingdom, based on the Gospel of Matthew |
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| to abstain from buying or using goods or services of an idividual or corporation as a means of coercion |
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| wealth, whether in money or property, accumulated by or owned or employed in business by an individual, firm, etc. |
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| an economic stsem in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations |
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| living faith in relationship with all of creation by protecting the health of people and the planet; based on God's call in the Book of Genesis for himans to "cultivate and care for" creation |
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| deliberately breaking unjust laws |
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| the period between 1945-195 when the U.S. and the USSR competed to dominate the world through military might |
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| the social condition that allows all the people in a community to reach their full himan potential and fulfill their human dignity |
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| elimination of private property, in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed; (Marxist/Leninism/USSR) totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production with the professed aim of establishing a stateless society |
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| "to suffer with"; a feeling of deep sympathy or sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune, accompanied by a desire to alleviate the pain or remove its cause; a feeling similar to the feeling a woman has for the child in her womb |
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| the moment when the genetic material from a woman's ovum and a man's sperm fuse, creating a genetically unique individual, who immediately begins to grow |
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| principle that protecting the life and dignity of any person or group requires that we protect the life and dignity of all people |
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| view of life in which human life is seperate from God; the basis of human rights is the ability of people to get what they want; leads to death for those who are considered to be less valuable |
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| view of life that recognizes that all human life comes from God and is meant to return to God; basis of life is the sacredness of life and the dignity of the human person |
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| government in which the supreme power is vested in the people |
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| the value that work has because it supports human life and contributes to human dignity |
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| occurs on the level of individual relationships and is usually aimed at meeting an immediate need |
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| to have power or authority over someone or something |
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| enlightened self-interest |
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| realization that by helping others we are really helping ourselves in the end |
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| movement that asserted that reason and science are the basis for knowing truth |
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| the intentional killing of someone whose life is seemed to be no longer worth living |
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| the ability to choose what to do |
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| the transforming love of God |
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| the state of perfect communion with the Holy Trinity |
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| to believe in the possibility that what one wants can actually happen |
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| the basic goodness of human beings that comes from always being loved by God; the value of human beings based on their creation by God in his image and likeness |
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| the God-given ability everyone has to affect their own lives, the lives of others, and the world around them in positive or negative ways |
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| unchallengeable, absolute |
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| the Son of God becoming a human in the person of Jesus Christ |
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| belief that when people fail to take responsibility for themselves, others should not be expected to help them |
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| social and economic changes resulting from the shift from a farming and craft trade economy to an economy based on factory production |
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| acknowedging that we depend on one another for our existence; anything we do is possible only because of our life-giving relationships with other people and creation |
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| amount sufficient to provide a decent life for a worker's whole family |
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| political or social philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual and governmental guarantees of individual rights and civil liberties |
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| to will the good for another |
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| those not able to fully participate in society or forced outside the main group |
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| politics taking control of the means of production from the wealthy and giving it to the poor creating a classless society |
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| the God-given need for creation to follow what God intended it to be; principle or body of laws considered to be derived from nature, right-reason, or religion and ethically binding in human society |
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| nonviolent non-cooperation |
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| refusing to cooperate with anything that harms human life and dignity |
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| the right and responsibilty of all people to participate in all aspects of human society |
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| the pressure young people might feel to change who they are in order to fit in with the culture of a particular group |
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| worldview in which power is acquired at the expense of the needs of the poor and vulnerable; based on fear |
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| worldview which uses power as something to be used with and for others to bring about the good of everyone |
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| preferential option for the poor |
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| the choice to put the needs of society's most poor and vulnerable members first among all social concerns |
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| persons used by God to call the people back to divine friendship |
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| encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIII in 1891 that criticized the abuses of liberal capitalism and offered an alternative based on the Gospel and Church Tradition; established a precedent for the Church to speak out on social matters |
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| Hebrew for “to look again”; to look beyond outer appearances and first impressions to see the goodness that is the foundation of all God’s creation |
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| goal of restoring the good that has been harmed by criminal activity for the victims, the community, and the offender |
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| an approach to criminal justice in which the emphasis is on hurting the offender; based on the OT principle of “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” |
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| those conditions or things that any person needs in order to be fully what God created him or her to be |
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| – the things that are necessary for dignified work; include the right to employment, to decent and fair pay, to a safe workplace, and to anything else that is necessary for the basic life and health of workers; workers must be given the freedom and responsibility to use their God-given creativity in their work; workers have the right to organize and join unions for the purpose of ensuring basic rights |
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| – occurs on the level of social structures and attempts to change the behavior of society and its institutions in a way that promotes justice |
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| the process of understanding how people’s lives are affected by the relationships that shape the society in which they live |
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| respect for the human person and the rights which flow from human dignity and guarantee it |
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| the patterns of relationships that shape any society; they are the result of personal decisions |
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| system of social organization that advocates the ownership and control of industry, capital, land, etc. by the community as a whole. |
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| constant commitment to the common good, based on the belief that “we are all really responsible for all” |
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| to declare or engage in a suspension of work until certain demands are met |
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| barriers to life-giving relationships based on personal sin and selfishness |
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| principle that governments and large organizations exist only to serve the good of human beings, families, and communities |
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| rights that are necessary for people to live; include the right to food, shelter, and basic health care |
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| those things necessary for people to fully realize their God-given dignity; include education, employment, a safe environment, and enough material goods to support a family; also include the right to live by one’s conscience and religion, to immigrate, and to live without discrimination |
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| associations of workers that negotiate working conditions with the owners |
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| the basic beliefs that guide the way some relates to the world |
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