Looking for good, orthodox apologetics book contra/"Social Justice" leftists

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I work with a few “progressive” type Christians, whose arguements seem to always get the cart before the horse, thinking Christian teaching needs to change to meet today, instead of changing today to meet Christ. Sometimes I get the feeling that their faith is only an idea, a philosophy, and that they don’t really have a living relationship with their Creator. I find myself having to argue the fundamentals of the faith, and I would like to be more effective. Most of the arguments are about “social justice” and my question is this:

Can anyone recommend to me a good, orthodox apologetics book that deals specifically or mostly with the Social Justice arguments?

Thank you.
 
certainly, thank you.

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vs. evangelization, and transforming the person rather than affirming sin. (most “progressive” arguments are reactionary, and I find that so-called Christians who also consider themselves progressive, offer only reactionary alleviations for the consequences of sin. They seem less inclined to call sin, sin. They seem to rather have Christianity submit and conform to secularism than to strive to submit all things to Christ. It is for this reason that I can’t get myself to call them Christian, because in reality they are secularists, they fear the eyes of men and have submitted to the spirit of this age, and they believe that the rock of faith should be moveable. In arguing with these kind of “progressive christians,” I battle more against their secularism (which is indistiguishable from dialectical materialsim) and I come to see the fearful reality of Fr. John Hardon’s words “The Untied States is the most powerful Marxist nation in the world today.”

I have to grab from so many sources, and What I would like to find is one book that addresses in a logical and apologetic manner the most common secularist arguments and positions on life, sexuality, poverty, and other “hot-button” issues. But I would like the book to be aimed not just at winning the argument, but on how to use those arguments and potential areas of contention for evangelization opportunities.
 
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I don’t know if such a book exists. You may have to do the research and write it yourself.

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A lot of people do just that - they run up against a question or problem, do the research, and become an expert.
 
This is a very important topic for all serious Catholics to be informed on & knowledgeable about. Thank you for posting.

Some places to start:
osjspm.org/25questons.aspx

Other links at this site refer to The American Catholic. I would be wary.
You can get reviews (for fidelity to the Magisterium, for example) at Catholic Culture.org:

catholicculture.org/search/resultslist.cfm?resourcetype=2&requesttype=sitebrowserate&fidelity=red&resources=0&useability=0

borromeobooks.com/
Citizens of The Heavenly City

(A Catechism Of Catholic Social Teaching)

By Arthur Hippler
This book was written by Dr. Hippler at the request of then Bishop of LaCrosse, Raymond Burke, to help fill the lack of authentic Church teaching in most Catholic high school textbooks. Dr. Hippler serves as the Director of the Office of Justice and Peace for the Diocese of La Crosse. He received his Ph. D. in philosophy from Boston College in 1993.
Citizens of the Heavenly City is a valuable resource for Catholic students as well as other Catholics who need a clear explanation of just what the Church’s social teaching consists of and in what sense it obliges Catholics.
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In his foreword, Archbishop of St. Louis, Raymond Burke declares that this book “is directed to helping our youth to understand and to observe the pastoral priority of witnessing to Christ in their ordinary Christian living. It is a text which will also be fruitfully studied by adults who desire to deepen their own understanding of what it means to live in Christ.”
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This book is short, easy to read, concise; short chapters with questions at the end of each chapter. Comes with (or should come with) an answer guide.
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IMO, each diocese should provide speakers and encourage classes or seminars in each city to help us understand exactly what Authentic Catholic social teaching is (and what it is *not*). 

There is a reason why people are being misled all over the US by certain "Community Organizations" who claim to be Christian, follow the Gospel, and purport to work for Social Justice. Problem is, they have a definite political agenda & leaning (leftist). This is apparent by looking into what policies they support. It is also important to examine what other affiliations they have and where their funding comes from. 

Please email me or PM for more clarification on this. I am involved in countering these groups.

Mimi
 
TheRealJuliane said:
Liberation Theology was not a church fad, it was Communism dressed up in church clothing.
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Perhaps at its core there is a certain amount of truth to this statement. But I find that when you actually encounter folks like this, they are more receptive to the truth when you explain the defect in focusing on external causes of suffering instead of the common flaw of original sin present in ALL men. If you simply say “You’re a Commie” you aren’t going to change any minds. 😉
 
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Can anyone recommend to me a good, orthodox apologetics book that deals specifically or mostly with the Social Justice arguments?..
*Condom use for Global HIV & AIDS Preventon,
*Same-Sex so called marriage
*abortion
vs. evangelization, and transforming the person rather than affirming sin. (most “progressive” arguments are reactionary, and I find that so-called Christians who also consider themselves progressive, offer only reactionary alleviations for the consequences of sin. They seem less inclined to call sin, sin. They seem to rather have Christianity submit and conform to secularism than to strive to submit all things to Christ.
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Rather than social justice issues these are dissenting positions against morals and due to relativism and secularism.

Do We Need Social Justice Or Social Engineering?
This question is answered by the late great Fr Stephen Torraco of EWTN on Nov-24-2003 to a Question:
**What is “Social Justice”? When was this concept introduced in Catholic moral doctrine?
Answer by Fr.Stephen F. Torraco on Nov-24-2003: **
“The term ‘social justice’ was introduced into Catholic teaching in the 19th century. On the one hand, it is intended, at least in part, to avoid the error of reducing what Aristotle calls ‘general justice’ (devotion to the common good of one’s country) to LEGAL justice. On the other hand, consciously or not, the term ‘social justice’ aptly reflects the political philosophy of the modern philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, according to whom justice is fundamentally a matter of achieving the proper institutions and external settings that would effectively mold human beings into model citizens. In other words, for Rousseau, justice is not rooted in nature as it is for Aristotle and for the Church’s teaching. It is something that has to be attained by ‘social engineering.’

“Unfortunately, in the minds of many if not most, consciously or not, the term ‘social justice’ is viewed more in a Rousseaunian than an Aristotelian way. From the vantage point of both Aristotle and the Church’s teaching, the phrase ‘social justice’ is redundant because justice is already social: it is the social virtue par excellence.”
 
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