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Christian Bioethics Advance Access originally published online on July 14, 2009
Christian Bioethics 2009 15(2):107-118; doi:10.1093/cb/cbp010
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press, on behalf of The Journal of Christian Bioethics, Inc. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

This article appears in the following Christian Bioethics issue: Diakonia II: Care-Taking in the Medical Realm and its Political Implementation [View the issue table of contents]

Love as Evidence for the Truth and the Humanity of Faith: A Roman Catholic Perspective on the Significance of "Caritas" in the Life of the Church

Norbert Mette

Address correspondence to: Prof. Dr.Dr.h.c. Norbert Mette, TU Dortmund, Faculty Human Sciences and Theology, Emil-Figge-Str. 50, D-44227 Dortmund. E-mail: mette{at}fk14.tu-dortmund.de


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The article summarizes and critically analyzes the encyclical letter of Pope Benedict XVI "Deus Caritas est." This document discusses "diaconia" in the Roman Catholic Church in view of its biblical and theological foundations, its characteristics, and the position of works of mercy within the general self-understanding of the church. In going beyond the text, the author emphasizes the political dimension of church-based charity, the need to respond to the challenge of the principle of solidarity by contemporary neoliberal tendencies, and the relationship of the church to those employed in the service of her diaconia.

Keywords: Caritas, diaconia, justice, love, solidarity


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