| Introduction | |
| 1 | The Bible and Catholic social teaching : will this engagement lead to marriage? | 9 |
| 2 | Natural law in Catholic social teachings | 41 |
| 3 | The ecclesiological foundations of modern Catholic social teaching | 72 |
| 4 | Early modern Roman Catholic social thought, 1740-1890 | 99 |
| 5 | Rerum novarum | 127 |
| 6 | Quadragesimo anno | 151 |
| 7 | The Christmas messages of Pius XII | 175 |
| 8 | Mater et magistra | 191 |
| 9 | Pacem in terris | 217 |
| 10 | Dignitatis humanae | 244 |
| 11 | Gaudium et spes | 266 |
| 12 | Populorum progressio | 292 |
| 13 | Octogesima adveniens | 315 |
| 14 | Justitia in mundo | 333 |
| 15 | Familiaris consortio | 363 |
| 16 | Laborem exercens | 389 |
| 17 | Sollicitudo rei socialis | 415 |
| 18 | Centesimus annus | 436 |
| 19 | The reception of Catholic social and economic teaching in the United States | 469 |
| 20 | The reception of Catholic approaches to peace and war in the United States | 493 |
| 21 | The future of Catholic social thought | 522 |