Religion Final Flashcards

Charitable Works

• focuses on the basic needs of all of creation

• meets an immediate need

• relies on the help of donors

• addresses the personal symptoms of social issues.

Examples of charitable works

• donating blood

• donating to a go-fund-me

Social Justice

• focuses on the rights and duties of all of creation

• seeks just laws, fair social structures, and peace

• addresses the underlying social causes of individual problems.

• is a work toward long term social change.

Examples of social justice

• expanding affordable housing to the homeless

• expanding scholarship opportunities for students struggling financially

4 Responses to Suffering

1. Hopelessness

2. Individualism

3. Enlightened-Self Interest

4. Compassion

Hopelessness

Apathy: “What difference can 1 person make?”

Powerlessness: “There’s nothing I can do, its out of my control.”

Fear: “I’m afraid to be controversial and anger people.”

Individualism

1. “It doesn’t affect me so I don’t care.”

2. “People should help themselves, not rely on others.”

3. “People get what they deserve.”

Enlightened Self-Interest

“If it benefits me, I approve, even if it hurts the common good.”

Compassion

the selfless giving of oneself with not thought of reward in return; agape love

7 Catholic Social Teaching Principals

1. Life and Dignity of the Human Person

2. Call to Community, Family & Participation

3. Rights & Responsibilities

4. Option for the Poor and Marginalized

5. Worker’s Rights and Dignity of Work

6. Solidarity

7. Care for Creation

Rerum Novarum

• 1891 encyclical by Pope Leo XIII

• first formal church document addressing social justice, workers' rights, and the effects of capitalism.

Laudato Si

• 2015 encyclical by Pope Francis

• called for environmental responsibility and care for creation

Poverty

• not having enough resources to meet basic living standards like food, shelter, or healthcare.

Cycle of Poverty

• a condition where poverty leads to conditions that make escaping poverty more difficult

• (ex, lack of education → low-paying job → no savings → never-ending poverty).

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Self-actualization

Esteem

Love and belonging

Safety

Physiological needs

Physiological needs

food, water, shelter

Self-actualization

reaching full potential

How does Maslow think the order of needs should be met?

lower needs should be met before the higher ones

What are the two reasons that make the Eucharist at the heart of the Catholic response to poverty?

1. It unites us with Christ and w/ the suffering

2. It calls us to be bread for others (to feed and care for the world)

Chronic hunger

constant lack of adequate food

Food insecure

uncertain access to adequate food for a healthy life

Malnutrition

poor nutrition from too little/imbalanced food

Starvation

severe deficiency in caloric intake, leading to death

Hidden homelessness

people who are not visibly homeless but still lack secure housing and have no stable home

• couch-surfing

• living in cars or shelters

4 Purposes of Work

1. To earn a living

2. To fulfill human dignity

3. To contribute to the common good

4. To participate in God's creation.

Restorative Justice

focuses on healing relationships and repairing harm caused by injustice, rather than just punishing offenders.

Seamless Garment- a consistent ethic of life

All life issues are connected and must be equally respected and protected: abortion, poverty, capital punishment, war, etc.

Violence

Any action that harms the life or dignity of another person.

Spiral of violence

1. Injustice

2. Violent response

3. Violent counter-response

4. Escalation

Violence breeds more violence unless…

broken by peace or justice

Just War Theory

Criteria:

1. Just cause

2. Legitimate authority

3. Right intention

4. Last resort

5. Probability of success

6. Proportionality

7. Civilian immunity.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Chaired the UN committee that created the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Dorothy Day

Co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement; advocated for the poor, pacifist.

Jim Keady

Activist who exposed Nike's sweatshop labor abuses.

Cesar Chavez

Labor leader and civil rights activist; co-founded United Farm Workers.

Dolores Huerta

Labor organizer and co-founder of UFW; famous for 'Sí, se puede.'

John Muir

Conservationist; helped establish national parks.

Dorothy Stang

Nun who defended the rights of the poor and protected the Amazon rainforest; martyred in Brazil.

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

1911 factory fire that killed 146 workers; led to labor reforms.

Fair Trade

Movement ensuring producers in developing countries get a fair price for their goods and ethical working conditions.