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Living Justice and Peace (2002): Catholic Social Teaching in Practice (Student Text)

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My daughter used this book in her Senior religion class in H.S. I consider myself a political moderate but this book was painful to read.

Among some of the highlights:
--The moral equivalence of the US and Soviet Union who "competed to dominate the world through military might."
--A complete acceptance of man-made (read US-made) global warming including "the rise between one to four feet of ocean levels over the next century."
--"Private property must be fairly distributed and used responsibly for the good of all."
--"Thrival rights" include the "right to immigrate."

And in the section on Karl Marx "modern-day communist states--none of which has been quite the ideal society Marx envisioned." A rather mild understatement considering close to 100 million people were killed by communists in the 20th century

I received my order today (1/5/12), one day after it was mailed (?) Wasn't expecting so soon since it took 7 days to ship after ordering (12/28/11). Anyway, the book did not come as described. The condition read as "Used - Like New". It is in good condition, but not LIKE NEW. There is underling, cover is curled up, slight liquid damage to pages near the back, and food crumbs between some pages. I only buy a certain type of books. If you were honest about you description, I would have past on this deal even if the price was $5.00. I don't like markings in my books.

2 day FAST shipping like it said, it came on time and it was great! And in good condition as well! I'd buy another one from here! :)

Condition of book was excellent. I received the book in just a few days.

The book was in good condition as state. I received the book within the specified time which was awesome. Thank you, I really appreciate you timely mailing.

I am in the process of trying to get this book removed from our Catholic High School. This book loves militant leftist/Marxist ideology, has an entire section on Liberation Theology, and overtly criticizes the US while praising socialism/communism. It doesn't mention great Catholic social justice saints like Vincent de Paul, Kolbe, or Francis of Assisi and barely mentions Mother Theresa. It is filled with moral relativism equating the Soviet Unioin to the USA stating directly they both wanted to militarily control the world in the cold war. This book is wrong historically, it fails to promote Catholicism, and is more aligned with the ideology of Reverend Jeremiah Wright than Benedict XVI. Did I mention the book doesn't even mention the Compendium of Catholic Social Justice Teaching? A Catholic school would be negligent to have this book in its curriculum.