Mr. weber - social justice
Social Justice issues from the USCCB web site:
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Arms Control
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Campaign/Human Development
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Catholic
Social Teaching
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Debt
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Death Penalty
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Domestic Issues
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Environment
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Faith-Based Initiative
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Faithful Citizenship
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Housing
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Government Liaison
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International Issues
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Iraq
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Labor Issues
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Middle
East
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Migrants
& Refugees
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Nonviolence
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Poverty
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Social Dev. & World Peace
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Social
Security
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Trafficking
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Welfare
BOOKS:
174.2 Shannon, Thomas A. (Thomas Anthony), 1940-. An introduction to bioethics. 3rd ed., rev. and updated. New York: Paulist Press,c1997.
179.7 ETH The Ethics of capital punishment. Detroit: Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale; Greenhaven Press, c2005.
179.7 EUT Euthanasia. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, c2002.
241.66 CAT Catholic Church. Pope (1978-2005 : John Paul II). The gospel of life : Evangelium vitae. Washington, D.C.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2001, c1995.
261.8 CAT Catholic social thought: the documentary heritage. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 2005, c1992.
261.8 ONE One hundred years of Catholic social thought: celebration and challenge. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, c1991.
261.808 DEB DeBerri, Edward P. Catholic social teaching: our best kept secret. 4th rev. and expanded ed. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Washington, D.C.: Orbis Books ; Center of Concern, c2003. Presents an overview of the Catholic Church's social teaching from a historic perspective, and focuses on major documents and encyclicals from 1891 to 1995. It includes topics from The Catechism of the Catholic Church as well as articles on poverty, justice, hunger, and evangelical imperatives.
261.808 HIM Himes, Kenneth R., 1950-. Responses to 101 questions on Catholic social teaching. New York: Paulist Press, c2001.
261.808 MAS Massaro, Thomas, 1961-. Living justice: Catholic social teaching in action. Franklin, Wis.: Sheed & Ward, c2000. Introduces the tradition of social ethics within the Roman Catholic Church.
261.808 MCK McKenna, Kevin E., 1950-. A concise guide to Catholic social teaching. Notre Dame, Ind.: Ave Maria Press, c2002. Provides Catholic papal teachings on a variety of social issues, including abortion, economic policy, and assisted suicide.
261.808 MOD Modern Catholic social teaching : commentaries and interpretations. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, c2005. A collection of seven essays on Catholic social teaching and fourteen commentaries on its major documents.
261.834 TAM Tamez, Elsa. Bible of the oppressed. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, c1982.
282.092 SOB Sobrino, Jon. Archbishop Romero: memories and reflections. Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c1990.
302.23 IS Is media violence a problem? San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, c2002. Discusses how the media portrays violence focusing on media outlets geared towards children and teenagers.
303.6 GED Gedatus, Gustav Mark. Violence in the media. Mankato, Minn.: LifeMatters, C2000. Describes how violence in the media has changed over the years, the false ideas and messages it promotes, theories about its effects, and how one may resist its message.
303.6 MED Media violence. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, c2004.
303.609 VIO Violence in film and television. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 2002. A collection of essays which examine violence in film and television focusing on teen rebellion films, action-revenge films, public opinion, the effects of media violence, parent's role, and more.
303.66 WAR War: opposing viewpoints. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, c2005.
303.69 VIO Violence. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, c2001.
303.69 VIO Violence: opposing viewpoints. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, c2001.
304.82 TEI Teichmann, Iris. One country to another. North Mankato, MN: Smart Apple Media, c2007.
304.873 SAN Sandler, Martin W. Immigrants. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins, c1995. Photographs, illustrations, and text show what it was like for people to leave their homes and immigrate to the United States.
305.569 SHI Shipler, David K., 1942-. The working poor: invisible in America. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York: Vintage Books, c2005.
305.8 GRA Grant, R. G. Racism: changing attitudes 1900-2000. Austin, Tex.: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c2000. Discusses racist attitudes of white people in the twentieth century, how Africans and Asians have struggled against this racism, and changes in European and North American attitudes to include a vision of a multiracial future.
305.8 IS Is racism a serious problem? Detroit: Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale ; Greenhaven Press, c2005.
305.8 MID The Middle East: opposing viewpoints. San Diego, [Calif.]: Greenhaven Press, c2004.
305.8 SOW Sowell, Thomas, 1930-. The economics and politics of race: an international perspective. 1st ed. New York: W. Morrow, 1983.
305.803 WHI The white separatist movement. San Diego, Calif.: Detroit: Greenhaven Press ; Thomson, c2002. Explores the beliefs and activities of the Ku Klux Klan, the American Nazi Party, and such late twentieth-century white supremacist extremist groups as the Christian Identity movement.
305.906 TEI Teichmann, Iris. Life as an immigrant. North Mankato, MN: Smart Apple Media, c2007.
306.89 KRE Krementz, Jill. How it feels when parents divorce. 1st ed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, c1984.
306.89 STE Stewart, Gail, 1949-. Teens and divorce. San Diego, Ca.: Lucent Books, c2000.
306.9 PRO Problems of death: opposing viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, c2000.
325.73 IMM Immigration: opposing viewpoints. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, c2004.
327.174 LAN Landau, Elaine. The new nuclear reality. Brookfield, Conn.: Twenty-First Century Books, c2000.
333.7 GLO Global resources : opposing viewpoints. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven, Press, 1998. This anthology features prominent ecologist, politicians, and other experts debating and discussing agricultural policies, possible means of protecting global resources.
333.782 MAL Malaspina, Ann. Saving the American wilderness. San Diego, Calif.: Lucent, c1999.
333.91 COS Cossi, Olga. Water wars: the fight to control and conserve nature's most precious resource. 1st ed. New York: Toronto : New York: New Discovery Books ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993. Discusses water's sources, uses, and shortages; water quality problems and management programs; and what individuals can do to ensure cleaner water.
333.952 DEK De Koster, Katie, 1948-. Endangered species. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, c1998.
333.952 ROB Roberts, Russell, 1953-. Endangered species. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, c1999. Discusses various aspects of endangered species, including causes of extinction, land use, protection laws, and the race to prevent more extinctions.
339.46 STE Stearman, Kaye. Poverty. [North Mankato, MN]: Thameside Press: distributed in the United States by Smart Apple Media, c2002.
358.309 WEA Weapons of mass destruction: opposing viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, c2005.
362.1 ROM Romaine, Deborah S., 1956-. Health care. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 2000. Discusses various aspects of modern health care, including the changing profession of medicine, access to health care services, keeping communities healthy, health care costs, ethics, and the future.
362.108 KEA Keane, Philip S. Catholicism and health-care justice: problems, potential, and solutions. New York: Paulist Press, c2002.
362.5 HOW How can the poor be helped? Detroit: Greenhaven Press, c2006.
362.509 IS Is poverty a serious threat? Detroit: Thomson Gale, c2006.
362.509 POV Poverty: opposing viewpoints. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, c2004.
362.509 POV Poverty and the homeless. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, c2004.
362.509 POV Poverty. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, c2006.
362.58 HOM The homeless: opposing viewpoints. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, c1996.
362.58 HOM Homeless: what should be done to meet the needs of the homeless in the United States?: national debate topic for high schools, 1991-1992, pursuant to Public Law 88-246. [Washington, D.C.]: [GPO], c[1991].
362.88 WRI Wright, John D., 1938-. Race and crime. Broomall, PA: Mason Crest Publishers, c2003. Introduction -- The concept of race -- Racial crimes in the U.S. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Apartheid -- Race crimes in other nations.
363.7 WRI Wright, David, 1939-. Environment atlas. Rev. ed. New York: Facts on File, c1997. Combines geography, natural history, and ecology to introduce the different ecosystems in every region of the world.
363.739 FIS Fisher, Marshall. The ozone layer. New York: Chelsea House, c1992. The ozone layer protects life on Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation but this protective shield is being damaged by chlorofluorocarbons and other pollutants that are now being generated on the Earth.
364 WIL Wilker, Josh. Revenge and retribution. Philadelphia, Pa.: Chelsea House Publishers, 1998. Uses literature and case studies to chronicle the historic shift in the philosophy of punishing wrongdoers and examines the continuing tension between the desire for personal vengeance and public interest in lawfulness.
364.1 GED Gedatus, Gustav Mark. Hate. Mankato, Minn.: LifeMatters, c2000. Describes various aspects of hate crimes including the victims, perpetrators, their effects, and ways to combat them.
364.1 HAT Hate crimes. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, c2001.
364.106 GAN Gangs. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, c2006.
364.15 HAT Hate groups: opposing viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, c2004.
364.36 BOD Bode, Janet. Hard time: a real life look at juvenile crime and violence. New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, c1996. Young people whose lives have been impacted by violence and crime, either as perpetrators or as victims, tell their stories. Also includes comments from concerned adults who work with these teens.
364.36 YOU Youth violence. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, c1998.
364.6 PRE Prejean, Helen. Dead man walking: an eyewitness account of the death penalty in the United States. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York: Vintage Books, 1994. A look at the human consequences of the death penalty, by a woman who came to know a man on death row, the families of the victims, and the men whose job it was to execute him.
364.66 CAP Capital punishment. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, c2005.
364.66 DEA The Death penalty. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, c2002.
364.66 GOL Goldman, Raphael. Capital punishment. Washington, DC: CQ Press, c2002. Discusses capital punishment focusing on issues, trends, policy, and international implications.
364.66 KER Kerrigan, Michael. Death row and capital punishment. Broomall, PA: Mason Crest Publishers, c2003. The death sentence -- An American tradition -- The death penalty in practice -- The death penalty worldwide -- Death row.
364.66 MEG Megivern, James J. The death penalty: an historical and theological survey. New York : Paulist Press, c1997.
364.66 REI Rein, Mei Ling. Capital punishment: an effective punishment? 2001 ed. Detroit: Gale Group, c2001. Discusses capital punishment and the different forms it takes, and presents statistics about victims of capital punishment, ordinary citizens attitudes about the death penalty, and more.
364.66 WOO Woolf, Alex, 1964-. Capital punishment. North Mankato, Minn.: North Mankato, Minn : Chrysalis Education ; Distributed in the United States by Smart Apple Media, c2004.
371.782 JON Jones, Jeffrey (Jeffrey P.). School violence. San Diego, Calif.: Lucent Books, c2001. The scope of school violence -- The roots of school violence -- Violence in the media – Gangs in schools -- Guns in schools -- Making schools safe.
809.933 PLA Planet Earth: egotists and ecosystems. 1st ed. New York: Rosen, c1991.
956 KOR Kort, Michael, 1944-. The handbook of the Middle East. Brookfield, Conn.: Twenty-First Century Books, c2002. Examines the past, present, and future of all the countries in the Middle East, discussing their history and culture.
956.04 KIN King, John, 1939-. Conflict in the Middle East. New York: New Discovery Books, 1993. Describes the history of the Middle East, the root of the tensions involved among the countries there, and the current situation and its impact on the rest of the world.
956.04 WES Westwood, John. The history of the Middle East wars. North Dighton, MA: World Publications, c2002.
956.05 MID Middle East. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, c2003.
956.704 BOY Boyne, Walter J., 1929-. Operation Iraqi freedom: what went right, what went wrong, and why. 1st ed. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, c2003.
956.704 IRA Iraq: opposing viewpoints. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, c2004.
956.704 IRA Iraq. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, c2004.
956.704 MUR Murray, Williamson. The Iraq war: a military history. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2003.
956.704 YOU Young, Jeff C., 1948-. Operation Iraqi Freedom. Berkeley Heights, NJ: MyReportLinks.com Books, c2003. A ruthless dictator -- History of conflict -- Threat to the world -- The fight against terrorism -- Liberation – Rebuilding Iraq. Discusses the rise to power of Saddam Hussein and the threat posed by his dictatorial regime, the events leading to the United States attack on Iraq, and the aftermath of that conflict.
B CHAVEZ Gonzales, Doreen. Cesar Chavez: leader for migrant farm workers. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1996. Examines the life of the Mexican American labor organizer who demanded rights for migrant farm workers.
B CHAVEZ Rodriguez, Consuelo. Cesar Chavez. New York: Chelsea House, c1991. Biography of the Mexican-American labor activist who organized and led the braceros, or migrant farm workers, in their struggle for better working conditions.