 | Alfred T. Hennelly - Freedom (Theology) - 1989 - 228 pages
...with regard to certain forms of imperialism (presumably those mentioned earlier), for he points out that "hidden behind certain decisions, apparently...of idolatry: of money, ideology, class, technology" (no. 37). The letter's detailed analyses of the structures of sin have led to the charge that a negative... | |
 | Michael Novak - Social Science - 1984 - 316 pages
...for religious liberty and liberty of conscience, in open pluralism. In the light of his analysis of behind certain decisions, apparently inspired only...of idolatry: of money, ideology, class, technology" [24]. There are comparable observations in the mainstream of Western literature, in which Francis Bacon's... | |
 | Gerald Darring - Religion - 1993 - 100 pages
...which this world does not give. We want to say with Joshua and his people: We will serve the Lord. "If certain forms of modern 'imperialism' were considered...idolatry: of money, ideology, class, technology." Pope John Paul II, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (1987) 37. in Ordinary Time Readings: Deuteronomy 4:1-2,... | |
 | Gregory Baum - Religion - 1994 - 264 pages
...not only individuals fall victim to this double attitude of sin; nations and blocs can do so too ... If certain forms of modern 'imperialism' were considered...criteria, we would see that hidden behind certain attitudes, apparently inspired by economics or politics, are real forms of idolatry: of money, ideology,... | |
 | Charles E. Curran, Richard A. McCormick - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 390 pages
...are to be understood not merely in terms of social analysis iSRS 36) but in theological terms: . . .hidden behind certain decisions. apparently inspired...of idolatry: of money. ideology. class. technology 1SRS 37). The essence of this idolatry is an absolutizing of certain human attitudes — for instance... | |
 | Maria J. Ciriello, Ph.D. - Catholic schools - 1996 - 308 pages
...positive and negative elements of US culture — to participate in the former and to resist the latter. "Hidden behind certain decisions, apparently inspired...of idolatry; of money, ideology, class, technology . . . what is hindering full (human) development is that desire for profit and that thirst for power."... | |
 | Jonathan Luxmoore, Jolanta Babiuch - Religion - 2000 - 374 pages
...power. And it was not only individuals who fell victim to this sin: Nations and blocs can do so too ... If certain forms of modern 'imperialism' were considered...of idolatry: of money, ideology, class, technology ... It is a question of a moral evil, the fruit of many sins which lead to 'structures of sin'.84 What... | |
 | Samuel Gregg - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 308 pages
...Paenitentia, AAS 77 (1985), 217. says, illustrates the usefulness of the concept of "structures of sin": If certain forms of modern "imperialism" were considered...of idolatry: of money, ideology, class, technology. (SRS 37) Though the pope offers no examples, his words suggest that the structures negatively affecting... | |
 | Judith A. Merkle - Religion - 2004 - 292 pages
...To see them as human short sightedness does not grasp their depth (SRS 36-37). lohn Paul II remarks that "hidden behind certain decisions, apparently...of idolatry: of money, ideology, class, technology" (SRS 37). If that which blocks devciopment are not just inadequate theories or structures for human... | |
 | Kenneth R. Himes, Lisa Sowle Cahill - Philosophy - 2005 - 580 pages
...united. They may reflect the perspectives not only of individuals, but nations or blocs. For the pope, "hidden behind certain decisions, apparently inspired...of idolatry: of money, ideology, class, technology" (37). John Paul engages in this theological analysis to ensure our awareness of the moral evil, the... | |
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imperialism' were considered in the light of these moral criteria, we would see that hidden behind certain decisions, apparently inspired only by economics or politics, are real forms of idolatry: of money, ideology, class, technology... 