Conference Resources

Key Magisterial Teaching

Social Encyclicals
- Rerum Novarum- On Capital and Labor [1], Pope Leo XIII
- Libertas- On the Nature of Human Liberty [2], Pope Leo XIII
- Quadragesimo Anno- On Reconstruction of the Social Order [3], Pope Pius XI
- Divini Redemptoris- On Atheistic Communism [4], Pope Pius XI
- Mit Brennender Sorge- On the Church and the German Reich [5], Pope Pius XI
- Mater et Magistra- On Christianity and Social Progress [6], Pope John XXIII
- Pacem in Terris- On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity and Liberty [7], Pope John XXIII
- Octogesima Adveniens- On the Eightieth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum [8], Pope Paul VI
- Populorum Progressio- On the Development of Peoples [9], Pope Paul VI
- Gaudium et Spes- On the Church in the Modern World [10], Pope Paul VI
- Evangelii Nuntiandi- On Evangelization in the Modern World [11], Pope Paul VI
- Laborem Exercens- On Human Work [12], Pope John Paul II
- Sollicitudo Rei Socialis- On the Twentieth Anniversary of Populorum Progressio [13], Pope John Paul II
- Centesimus Annus- On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum [14], Pope John Paul II
- Dives in Misericordia- On the Mercy of God [15], Pope John Paul II
- Veritatis Splendor- On the Splendor of Truth [16], Pope John Paul II
- Evangelium Vitae- On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life [17], Pope John Paul II
- Deus Caritas Est- On Christian Love [18], Pope Benedict XVI (Note: This is not properly a social encyclical)
Ecclesia in America [19], Pope John Paul II
Instruction of Theology of Liberation [20], Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Instruction On Christian Freedom And Liberation [21], Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Social Agenda [22]
Other magisterial texts on the Vatican website [23]

Secondary Sources

Religion and Liberty [24]
Journal of Markets & Morality [25]
Challenging the Modern World: Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II and the Development of Catholic Social Teaching [26], Dr. Samuel Gregg
Faith and Liberty: The Economic Thought of the Late Scholastics [27], Alejandro Chafuen
City of God [28], St. Augustine
Person and Community [29], Karol Wojytla
Christian Social Witness and Teaching: the Catholic Tradition from Genesis to Centesimus Annus, vol. 2 [30], Fr. Roger Charles
Summa Theologica: II-I, questions 90-108 and II-II, questions 32, 66 [31], St. Thomas Aquinas

Books written by Centesimus Annus Conference speakers

The Moral Mandate for Freedom [32], Rocco Buttiglione
Truth as a Ground of Freedom [33], Rev. Avery Dulles, S.J.
Witness to Hope [34], George Weigel
Building the Free Society [35], George Weigel and Robert Royal
The Catholic Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism [36], Michael Novak
The Fire of Invention [37], Michael Novak
Will it Liberate? Questions About Liberation Theology [38], Michael Novak
Karol Wojtyla: The thought of the man who became JPII [39], Rocco Buttiglione
The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism [40], Michael Novak
Love and Economics: Why the laissez-faire family Doesn’t Work, Jennifer Roback Morse
The Creation of Wealth, Lord Brian Griffiths- ISBN: 0877845662
From Rerum Novarum to Today, Cardinal George Pell-ISBN: 087270100X

Economics Resources

Democracy in America [41], Alexis de Tocqueville
The Road to Serfdom [42], Friedrich Hayek
A Humane Economy [43], Wilhelm Roepke
The Wealth of Nations [44], Adam Smith
Basic Economics [45], Thomas Sowell
Applied Economics [46], Thomas Sowell
Classical Economics Reconsidered [47], Thomas Sowell
The Mystery of Capital [48], Hernando de Soto
The Elusive Quest for Growth [49], William Easterly
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education. 2nd ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983., Becker, Gary
The Capitalist Revolution: Fifty Propositions about Prosperity, Equality, & Liberty. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1986., Berger, Peter L.

Other Resources

For a more detailed reading list go to Acton Recommended Reading Page [50]