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Part 1   
Contributions of Particular Dominicans in Historical Perspective

Section A: MOVING INTO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

1. A Social Scientist in the Service  of the Workers:                       
Georges Ceslas Rutten (1875-1952)
From his earliest days, Georges Rutten proved to be a wunderkind, exceptionally gifted in many ways. He was born in 1875 in Dendermonde, a city in the Belgian province of Flanders. His father was a high-ranking ....pdf 42KB
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2. Mentors of Catholic Trade Unionism:                                     
Pedro Gerard (1871-1919) and José Gafo (1881-1936)
The two individuals presented in this chapter cover different periods of the twentieth century in Spain. The older, Gerard, survived almost into the dictatorship of General Primo de Rivera; the younger, Gafo, was prominent...pdf 47KB
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3. A Combatant for Peace:                                           
Franziskus Maria Stratmann (1883-1971)
Within the Dominican province of Teutonia, Stratmann was not regarded as a social-ethicist, but rather as a 'pacifist', that is, a loner who met predominantly with rejection and ridicule. For the year 1931, only one person from the ... pdf 49KB
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Section B: EARLY TO MIDDLE TWENTIETH CENTURY

4. For a Human-Centred Economy:
Louis Joseph Lebret (1897-1966)
Louis Lebret was born on 26 June, 1897, in Brittany, France. He started a
marine apprenticeship in 1915 and entered the Naval School in 1916. He would become a naval officer and from 1932 to 1922, was Traffic Manager ...pdf 51KB
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8. Reginald Santilli (1908-1981) and the Journal Vita Sociale: 
Fr Reginaldo (baptised Guido) Santilli was born at Segni, in the Province of Rome, on 4 November 1908. At the age of 15, having completed his secondary education, he received the Dominican habit and began his novitiate at the convent of ... pdf 36KB
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Section C: MIDDLE TO LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY

9. Putting New Questions to an Old Tradition
José Todolì Duque (1915–1999)
José Todolì Duque was born in Sanguesa in the provice of Navarre, Spain, on 27 May 1915. He received his secondary education at the College of the Dominican Fathers in Villava, Navarre, then entered the Order of Preachers . ... pdf 50KB
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11. Founder of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Angelicum 
Raimondo Spiazzi (1918–2002)
Fr Raimondo Spiazzi enjoyed wide fame in the world of culture for his literary and academic work.1 He taught in many cultural settings and gave numerous retreats and conferences, but he is best known for his published works. His ... pdf 47KB
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12. An Anti-Conformist Ethicist:                                                 
Joseph Arntz (1919–1981)
Joseph Theodorus Clemens Arntz was born in Nijmegen in the Netherlands on 20 May 1919. He was the only child of his parents, and, since his father had died before he was born, Jos was alone with his mother until he... pdf 40KB
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13. A Social Philosopher in a Communist State:                          
M. Albert Kra˛piec (b. 1921)
Mieczyslaw Albert Kra˛piec, one of the most outstanding contemporary philosophers of Poland, is the principlal exponent of the 'Lublin School' of classical philosophy. Active in the socio-cultural life of Poland ... pdf 52KB
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15. The Self, Society and Social Sin:              
Bernard Connor (1938–1999)
Bernard Connor served as a Dominican prienst and as a eminent scholar on social ethics in South Africa. He was born, however, in Sussex, England, in 1938. He came to South Africa as a Dominican student in 1964 and was ...pdf 46KB
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Part 2  
Contributions of Groups of Dominicans
in Particular Provinces
 

16. The Walberberg Circle:
The Social Ethics of the German Dominicans
 In order to understand the history of the 'Walberberg Circle', we need to look at the interest in social ethics espoused by some German Dominicans who, at teh end of the nineteenth and the begining of the twentieth century,....pdf 52KB
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17. Under the Banner of Bartolomé de Las Casas:
Brazilian Dominicans and Social Justice
In January 1998, the Brazilian Dominicans chose the name Bartolomè de La Casas for their province. The new province was an amalgam of three entities, each bearing age-old riches and known by the prestigious names of Thomas ...pdf 49KB
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18. The English Dominican Social Tradition
By the end of the nineteenth century the English Dominicans has established themselves in some strength. Starting from
something close to vanishing point, the lion's share of their attention had perforce to be given ... pdf 47KB
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