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The Limits of American Catholic Antifascism: The Case of John A. Ryan, in American Society of Church History » Read Now
by Wilson D. Miscamble. 16 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Catholic Antifascism: The Case of John A. Ryan WILSON D. MISCAMBLE, C.S.C...Catholic anti-Fascists to Monsignor John A. Ryan, whom he described as having...
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Passion for Justice: Retrieving the Legacies of Walter Rauschenbusch, John A. Ryan, and Reinhold Niebuhr » Read Now
by Harlan Beckley. 391 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...LEGACIES OF WALTER RAUSCHENBUSCH, JOHN A. RYAN, AND REINHOLD NIEBUHR HARLAN...permission of Carl Rauschenbusch. John A. Ryan: From The Social Doctrine in Action , by John...
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The State and the Church » Read Now
by John A. Ryan, Moorhouse F. X. Millar. 326 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Church and Labor," by Rev. John A. Ryan and Rev. Joseph Husslein...State and the Church," by Rev. John A. Ryan and Rev. Moorhouse , F...authoritative doctrine January 6...
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Distributive Justice: The Right and Wrong of Our Present Distribution of Wealth » Read Now
by John A. Ryan. 442 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Distribution of Wealth BY JOHN A. RYAN, D.D. Associate Professor...thorough and fruitful way. JOHN A. RYAN. The Catholic University...DISTRIBUTIVE justice is primarily a...
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Economic Justice: Selections from Distributive Justice and A Living Wage » Read Now
by John A. Ryan. 186 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

During the first half of the twentieth century, John A. Ryan advocated minimum wage legislation and child labor restrictions and was very much involved in Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. More closely connected with the makers of national economic policy as a Catholic moral theologian than his...
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During the first half of the twentieth century, John A. Ryan advocated minimum wage legislation and child labor restrictions and was very much involved in Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. More closely connected with the makers of national economic policy as a Catholic moral theologian than his better-known Protestant contemporaries. Walter Rauschenbusch and Reinhold Niebuhr, his influence has been extensive in American public policy. This volume brings to readers pertinent selections from Ryan's classic works. It will be particularly relevant to today's readers concerned about the place of religious faith in economic policy.
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The Poor Belong to Us: Catholic Charities and American Welfare » Read Now
by Dorothy M. Brown, Elizabeth McKeown. 284 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Between the Civil War and World War II, Catholic charities evolved from volunteer and local origins into a centralized and professionally trained workforce that played a prominent role in the development of American welfare. Dorothy Brown and Elizabeth McKeown document the extraordinary efforts of...
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Between the Civil War and World War II, Catholic charities evolved from volunteer and local origins into a centralized and professionally trained workforce that played a prominent role in the development of American welfare. Dorothy Brown and Elizabeth McKeown document the extraordinary efforts of Catholic volunteers to care for Catholic families and resist Protestant and state intrusions at the local level, and they show how these initiatives provided the foundation for the development of the largest private system of social provision in the United States.
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Roman Catholicism and the American Way of Life (Discussion of John A. Ryan begins on p. 73) » Read Now
by Thomas T. McAvoy. 250 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...symbols" through which an "overarching sense of unity" is achieved amidst diversity and conflict. 9 It is, in a sense far more real than John Dewey ever dreamed of, the...
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American Catholicism and Social Action: A Search for Social Justice, 1865-1950 (Discussion of John A. Ryan begins on p. 88) » Read Now
by Aaron I. Abell. 310 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...immigration, and through Bishop Stephen V. Ryan of Buffalo requested the Archbishop of New York to establish a mission at Castle Garden. Assured of financial...selecting...
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Harder Than War: Catholic Peacemaking in Twentieth-Century America (Discussion of John A. Ryan begins on p. 4) » Read Now
by Patricia McNeal. 318 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...American Catholic hierarchy selected John A. Ryan to direct the new department, which...international interests of war and peace. John A. Ryan was the oldest of eleven...
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The Church and the Social Question ("John A. Ryan, Catholic Social Leader in the Making" begins on p. 94) » Read Now
by Franz H. Mueller. 158 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...M. Weiss, O.P. of Austria, Bishop von Ketteler and Fr. H. Pesch, S.J., of Germany, Cardinal Gibbons and Msgr. John A. Ryan of the United States, Cardinal Manning and Fr...
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Moral Theology at the End of the Century (Discussion of John A. Ryan begins on p. 8) » Read Now
by Charles E. Curran. 64 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...comparatively few and far between. John A. Ryan 1869-1945 , a former student...the sympathetic biographer of John A. Ryan, refers to the progressive social...student at...