A sociotheological approach to Catholic social teaching : the role of religion in moral responsibility during COVID-19 / Vivencio O. Ballano.
Ballano, Vivencio O.
2022
HN37.C3
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Title A sociotheological approach to Catholic social teaching : the role of religion in moral responsibility during COVID-19 / Vivencio O. Ballano.
Author Ballano, Vivencio O.
ISBN 9789811970757 (electronic bk.)
9811970750 (electronic bk.)
9811970742
9789811970740
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7075-7
Published Singapore : Springer, 2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-19-7075-7 doi
Call Number HN37.C3
Dewey Decimal Classification 261.83
Summary This book introduces Catholic social teaching (CST) and its teaching on the common good to the reader and applies them in the realm of public health to critically analyze the major global issues of COVID-19 that undermine public interest. It uses the sociotheological approach that combines the moral principles of CST and the holistic analysis of modern sociology and also utilizes the secondary literature as the main source of textual data. Specifically, it investigates the corporate moral irresponsibility and some unethical business practices of Big Pharma in the sale and distribution of its anti-COVID vaccines and medicines, the injustice in the inequitable global vaccine distribution, the weakening of the United States Congresss legislative regulation against the pharmaceutical industrys overpricing and profiteering, the inadequacy of the World Health Organizations (WHO) law enforcement system against corruption, and the lack of social monitoring in the current public health surveillance system to safeguard the public good from corporate fraud and white-collar crime. This book highlights the contribution of sociology in providing the empirical foundation of CSTs moral analysis and in crafting appropriate Catholic social action during the pandemic. It is hoped that through this book, secular scholars, social scientists, religious leaders, moral theologians, religious educators, and Catholic lay leaders would be more appreciative of the sociotheological approach to understanding religion and COVID-19.
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Introducing Catholic Social Teaching and the Role of Sociology in the Catholic Church
Chapter 3. Catholic Social Teaching and Sociological Perspectives on the Common Good
Chapter 4. Catholic Social Teaching and the Corporate Moral Responsibility of Big Pharma during COVID-19.

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