{"id":10192,"date":"2022-03-23T12:57:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T11:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ifz-salzburg.at\/?post_type=cpt_publications&#038;p=10192"},"modified":"2026-07-15T13:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:00:46","slug":"10192","status":"publish","type":"cpt_publications","link":"https:\/\/www.ifz-salzburg.at\/en\/produkte\/10192\/","title":{"rendered":"Enacting Catholic Social Tradition: The Deep Practice of Human Dignity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Provides a needed emphasis on the fact that Catholic Social Tradition stems not from arbitrary laws laid down by Church leaders, but rather from moral guidance directly inspired by Scripture, especially the command to love Christ and the neighbor, even if doing so is extremely difficult in real-life situations. Through the use of multiple examples encountered both in parishes and in the secular world (e.g., racism, vegetarianism, taxation), the book gives helpful counsel on being mindful of particularity and contextual concerns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n&#8220;A rich discussion of how we can move from the principles of Catholic Social Tradition to lives concretely shaped by this tradition. Sedmak helps us see how to live out Catholic Social Thought in challenging concrete situations and how to shed light from this tradition on challenges that are genuinely new. An innovative reflection on how to translate principles into action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>David Hollenbach, SJ, Georgetown University<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n&#8220;A refreshingly profound dive into the Christ-centered spirituality of Catholic Social Tradition, anchored in the deep practice of human dignity. Engaging in its raw concreteness, Sedmak\u2019s imaginative approach to Catholic Social Tradition provides an indispensable guide for translating, enacting, and applying its Gospel-based principles and therapeutic properties to complex and unsettling realities of our times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ, President, Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n&#8220;Pope Francis\u2019s pontificate drew new attention to Catholic social tradition, thought, and teaching. In light of the testimony offered by modern-day prophets like Oscar Romero and Dorothy Day, Sedmak\u2019s book provides essential and timely clarifications and criteria for the application of CST in the world and in the Church of today, with crucial attention to the pastoral and practical dimensions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Massimo Faggioli, author, The Liminal Papacy of Pope Francis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provides a needed emphasis on the fact that Catholic Social Tradition stems not from arbitrary laws laid down by Church leaders, but rather from moral guidance directly inspired by Scripture, especially the command to love Christ and the neighbor, even if doing so is extremely difficult in real-life situations. Through the use of multiple examples [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10193,"menu_order":0,"template":"","ctx_publications":[61],"class_list":["post-10192","cpt_publications","type-cpt_publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctx_publications-books"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifz-salzburg.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_publications\/10192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifz-salzburg.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_publications"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifz-salzburg.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_publications"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifz-salzburg.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifz-salzburg.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctx_publications","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifz-salzburg.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctx_publications?post=10192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}