Violent Extremism, Integral Development, and Catholic Social Thought

March 2, 2015

This week's blogs from India, the Philippines, South Korea, and the United States discuss how and why social breakdown occurs and what we can do from a personal and policy perspective to ameliorate these problems, with the guidance of Catholic social thought. Both violent extremism and inequality are addressed in the blogs as different social issues with related causes and solutions.

related | Explore more of the dialogue among some 20 bloggers based at Jesuit institutions worldwide.

In the Series

Response: Educational Institutions as Equalizers

Gretta Castelino
March 2, 2015

Response: Human Dignity, the Common Good and Active Nonviolence

Benjamin T. Tolosa
March 2, 2015

Response: Inequality Prevents Elimination of Poverty by Undermining Solidarity

David Hollenbach
March 2, 2015

Response: Terrorism: The Persecution Against Human Dignity and God

Mincheol Kim
March 2, 2015

Response: Violence, Development, and Yearning

Drew Christiansen
March 2, 2015

About the Author

Thomas Banchoff

Thomas Banchoff is director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and serves as vice president for global engagement at Georgetown University, where he is a professor in the Department of Government and the Walsh School of Foreign Service.