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The Overview of the Economic System in Papal Encyclicals
The Overview of the Economic System in Papal Encyclicals

Author(s): Marta Sienkiewicz, Wojciech Świder
Subject(s): History of Church(es), Pastoral Theology, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: economic system; social market economy; Catholic social teaching; Rerum novarum;

Summary/Abstract: The article is an analysis and presentation of the overview of economic systems to which the popes of that time referred in their documents, most often in encyclicals. The article presents the image of society in the economic and social perspective as well as interpretations and comments on a specific system, which were included in the papal encyclicals. The article is a presentation of how popes in encyclicals responded to the emerging changes in the political system and new eco- nomic ideas.

  • Issue Year: 39/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 211-225
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English