By ivided into four chapters. The first deals with Catholic Social Teaching as an organic developing tradition with a prehistory of influential movements and a post-history of diverse responses to the official teachings. The second chapter includes commentaries on the seven themes of Catholic Social Teaching as identified by the U.S. bishops. The third chapter analyses and comments on the major pastoral letters of the U.S. bishops. The final chapter has a series of meditations on important justice and peace issues with personal examples and questions to guide reflection. Read more.