Sustainable Development Goals and the Catholic Church

This book identifies both the consistencies and disparities between Catholic Social Teaching and the United Nation's (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Autorentext

Katarzyna Cichos works as Researcher and Lecturer at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyski University (CSWU) in Warsaw. Her research interests focus on public international law, with a specific emphasis on the legal and institutional aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals and good governance. She is also an active member of local community initiatives connected to good governance and sustainable development. She holds a PhD in Law.

Jarosaw A. Sobkowiak is Associate Dean of the Department of Theology and a lecturer in the Institute of Media, Education and Journalism at the CSWU. He is also a board member of the Moral Theologians Association and the Head of the Social and Digital Communication Centre of CSWU. He is the Chief Editor of the scientific half-yearly magazine Studia Theologica Varsaviensia.

Radosaw Zenderowski is Professor at CSWU (since 1999), Head of Chair of International Relations and European Studies, and Director of Institute of Political Science and Public Administration. He is a member of the Scientific Board for PhD Studies in Silesian University in Opava (Czech Republic), a member of the Scientific Board of Polish Association of European Studies, and a member of the Committee on Political Science, Polish Academy of Sciences. He is the author of several books and articles on national identities in Central Eastern Europe (CEE), relations between nationalism and religion, ethnic conflicts, especially in the Balkan region, ethic policies of CEE states, and public diplomacy in the cross-border regions.

Ryszard F. Sadowski is Head of Department of Ecophilosophy at CSWU. He is also an editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, published by the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyski University Press. His main research interests focus on environmental philosophy, environmental anthropology, ecophilosophical reflection on environmental crisis, and the role of religions in causing and overcoming the crisis.

Beata Zbarachewicz is Lecturer at the Department of Informatics Law and the Faculty of Law and Administration at CSWU. She is also a member of the University Council.

Stanisaw Dziekoski, is Professor, has been Rector of UKSW since 2012, as well as the Head of the Department of the Psychological and Pedagogical Foundations of Catechetics. His other work includes acting as a consultant for the Catholic Education Commission and the Scientific Council of the Polish Bishops' Conference and being an active member of scientific councils for various theological and pedagogical magazines.

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Introduction

Chapter 1. Agenda 2030, SDG 1, Catholic social teaching, poverty, social security, solidarity - Tomasz Szyszka, Piotr Broda-Wysocki and Radosaw Mdrzycki

Chapter 2. Agenda 2030, SDG 2, Catholic social teaching, hunger, food production, FAO - Waldemar Ciso, Katarzyna Góralczyk and Mariusz Sulkowski

Chapter 3. Agenda 2030, SDG 3, Catholic social teaching, health care, life protection, health prevention - Jan Kazimierz Przybyowski, Katarzyna Kucharska and Sebastian Sikorski

Chapter 4. Agenda 2030, SDG 4, Catholic social teaching, education, ESD, missions - Jarosaw Michalski, Rev. Piotr Tomasik and Beata Zbarachewicz

Chapter 5. Agenda 2030, SDG 5, Catholic social teaching, gender, new feminism, housework - Magorzata Pawlus, Andrzej Waleszczyski, and Magdalena Wilczek-Karczewska

Chapter 6. Agenda 2030, SDG 6, Catholic social teaching, access to water, water distribution, water ecosystems - Magorzata Laskowska, Marek Rzotkiewicz and Wojciech Kluj

Chapter 7. Agenda 2030, SDG 7, Catholic social teaching, energy transformation, energy poverty, energy competition - Piotr Burgoski and Mariusz Szyrski

Chapter 8. Agenda 2030, SDG 8, Catholic social teaching, sustainable economic growth, unemployment, exploitation - Bartosz M. Rydliski, Katarzyna Roszewska and Jarosaw A. Sobkowiak

Chapter 9. Agenda 2030, SDG 9, Catholic social teaching, industrialisation, digital revolution - Marek Robak, Andrzej Rudowski and Piotr uczuk

Chapter 10. Agenda 2030, SDG 10, Catholic social teaching, inequality, migrants' rights, social protection - Tomasz Pudowski, Anna Fidelus, Elbieta Hanna Morawska and Jarosaw Róaski

Chapter 11. Agenda 2030, SDG 11, Catholic social teaching, urban areas, cultural and environmental heritage, social integration - Katarzyna Flader-Rzeszowska, Henryk Skorowski and Jacek Jaworski

Chapter 12. Agenda 2030, SDG 12, Catholic social teaching, consumption, harmony with nature - Mariusz Boguszewski, Piotr Burgoski and Magorzata Starzomska

Chapter 13. Agenda 2030, SDG 13, Catholic social teaching, climate change, climate education, Anthropocene - Dominika Dzwonkowska, Izabella Olejniczak and Kazimierz Pawlik

Chapter 14. Agenda 2030, SDG 14, Catholic social teaching, ecosystems, marine resources, resilience - Barbara Strzakowska and Krzysztof Opaliski

Chapter 15. Agenda 2030, SDG 15, Catholic social teaching, soil degradation, environmental ethics - Adamczewski Bartosz, Krassimira Ilieva-Makulec, Agnieszka Klimska and Agata Kosieradzka-Federczyk

Chapter 16. Agenda 2030, SDG 16, Catholic social teaching, individual freedom, access do justice, decentralisation - Irena Lipowicz, Grzegorz Embros and Krzysztof Cebul

Chapter 17. Agenda 2030, SDG 17, Catholic social teaching, partnership, Catholic Church, inter-religious partnerships, implementation - Rafa Leniczak, Ryszard F. Sadowski and Janusz Balicki

Conclusion