Peter J. H enriot, S.J .
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Social Sin and Conversion: A Theology of the Church's Social Involvement
The theological foundation for the Church's social involvement can be seen in the emphasis placed on social sin by the Bishops' Synod
Certainly there are few topics as exhaustively worked over as the topic of Christian social involvement. Pontifical pronouncements and theological treatises, sociological surveys and political polemics: all seem to have said already whatever could--or should-possibly be said on the topic. Why do I so boldly dare to take up this topic anew? My daring comes in response to an emphasis found in the work of the 1971 Synod of Bishops. The Synod produced the document, "Justice in the World," a stirring call for the Church's active social involvement. What makes the Synod doc115