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Context of Pacem in Terris

Context of Pacem in Terris. Thesis. The reordering of society to bring about peace on Earth can only be done if all areas of this world (individuals, public authorities, national governments, and the world community) are committed to principles of truth, justice, and charity. Structure.

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Context of Pacem in Terris

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  1. Context of Pacem in Terris

  2. Thesis • The reordering of society to bring about peace on Earth can only be done if all areas of this world (individuals, public authorities, national governments, and the world community) are committed to principles of truth, justice, and charity.

  3. Structure • Introduction (#1-7) • Order Between Men (# 8-45) • Relations between Individuals and Public Authorities (#46-79) • Relations between States #80-129) • Relationships of men and of Political Communities within the World Community (#130-145) • Pastoral Exhortations (#146-172)

  4. Three Major Influences Medieval Scholastic Thomas Aquinas Enlightenment Thinker John Locke Previous Pope Pius XII

  5. What they Contributed • Common Good • Natural Rights SummiPontificatus

  6. What was Going on in the World • The World in the 1960s • Post World War II world • End of Colonization • Cold War • Civil Rights Movement • Womens’ Movement

  7. Post World War II • United Nations • Most devastating war in history • Holocaust • Authoritarian Regimes (Italy, Spain, Germany, Soviet Union) Atomic Bomb explosion at Nagasaki

  8. End of Colonization • More autonomy for many parts of the world • New countries attempting to define themselves • Challenging transition

  9. Cold War • Battle between Soviet Union and America over influence • Fierce clash of ideologies (Communism vs. Capitalism) • Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 • Berlin Wall Nikita Khrushchev

  10. Civil Rights Movement • Series of social movements • Civil resistance • Non-violent protest • Civil disobedience • Freedom Rides

  11. Major Biblical Influences in Civil Rights Movement • Exodus Imagery of deliverance from Captivity • Martin Luther King’s Memorial • Genesis 37:18-20 • Influence of the Prophetic Age • Psalm 137 (Rivers of Babylon)

  12. Influence of Psalm 137

  13. Womens’ Movement • Second Wave Feminism • Concerned with gender roles in society • Feminist Mystique, 1993 • Women should have more options than housewife • Connected social and personal to political • Slogan: “Personal is political”

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