Polarization, Social Cohesion, and the Economy
International House at the University of Chicago 1414 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park
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REGISTER HERE for IN PERSON REGISTER HERE for ONLINE For more information, contact gzokal@lumenchristi.org With polarization on the rise around the globe, scholars have pointed to a broader fragmentation of social cohesion. Economics, sociology, theology and philosophy offer different entry points for exploring these problems. How might we better understand this global moment? This marks the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’s social encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, which sought not only to diagnose these problems, but to also offer moral responses for all people of good will. How might principles derived from Catholic social teaching, such as solidarity, human dignity, and "the...