UNCC100: Self and Community:
Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society

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UNCC100: Self and Community:
Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society

Assessment Task 1: Quiz – Semester 2,
2022

Prescribed template for Canberra, Melbourne, North
Sydney, Online students

In this quiz you
will show your understanding of the principles of Catholic social thought, with
reference to the prescribed resources. You will do this in the format of short
responses to six quiz questions, using the prescribed template (which is this
document).

All students
will have 60 hours to submit their responses via Turnitin.

Therefore, the
due date for this assessment task is: Sunday, 14 August 2022, 11:00pm AEST.

It is a
requirement that you:

a) cite at least
the following three readings/resources:

i. Lisa Sowle
Cahill, “Catholic Social Teaching,” in The Cambridge Companion to Christian
Political Theology, ed. Craig Hovey and Elizabeth Phillips (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, XXXXXXXXXX–87.

ii. two
resources (e.g., LEO book, a linked article, reading (other than Cahill, 2015),
a YouTube video, etc.) that are included in the LEO folder/tile for Module 1:
Catholic social thought principles (NB: two resources from LEO in total).

Further
instructions:

a) This is an
open-book quiz.

b) This is not a
group exercise. You will complete your responses on your own.

c) The quiz will
not be timed (i.e., you can complete the quiz in more than one sitting), but
you will only have 60 hours to submit your responses to this task.

d) Students are
required to use the prescribed template (which is this document)
and upload their completed submission through Turnitin (i.e., we are not using
the quiz technology in LEO for this assessment task).

Please note that
once you have completed answering the six quiz questions, you will be required to
save and submit this document through the ‘Assessment Task 1: Quiz’ Turnitin
drop box for marking. You can find the Turnitin drop box in the ‘Assessment’
folder/tile on LEO.

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Question 1: Your response to this question is to be 100 words –
which equates to approximately six lines in this template.

According to Cahill, identify one
similarity and one difference between Catholic social teaching and
Catholic social thought.

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Question 2: Your response to this question is to be 100 words –
which equates to approximately six lines in this template.

According to Cahill, what social
issues did Rerum Novarum seek to address in its historical context?

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Question 3: Your response to this question is to be 100 words –
which equates to approximately six lines in this template.

Rerum Novarum was published by Pope Leo XIII in 1891, more than 130 years ago.
Identify one insight that we can garner from this text, based on your
reading of Cahill, and relate it to a present context in Australia.

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Question 4: Your response
to this question is to be 150 words – which equates to
approximately ten lines in this template.

Using at least one LEO
resource* from Module 1, suggest how one Catholic social thought
principle (excluding human dignity and the common good) might relate to
the experience of migrants to Australia from countries affected by
civil/international conflict or natural disasters. [*LEO
resource = LEO book, a linked article, reading, a YouTube video, etc.].

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Question 5: Your response
to this question is to be 150 words – which equates to
approximately ten lines in this template.

Using at least one LEO
resource from Module 1, suggest how one other Catholic social thought
principle (excluding human dignity, the common good and the CST principle
you used in answering question 4) might relate to the experience of
migrants to Australia from countries affected by civil/international conflict
or natural disasters. [NB: this question is
different to question 4 – please read it carefully.].

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Question 6: Your response to this question is to be 150 words –
which equates to approximately ten lines in this template.

If, in Cahill’s words, Catholic social
teaching must continue “to grasp that the option for the poor has to become an
option of and by the poor, framed from the poor’s perspective”
(p. 83), how is this relevant to migrants to Australia from countries affected
by civil/international conflict or natural disasters? [NB: When we refer to “the poor’s perspective,” we’re referring to
marginalisation broadly, which includes economic aspects, as well as health,
employment, government assistance, etc.].

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ANSWERS
1. Lisa Sowie Cahill defines Catholic social teaching as a body of encyclicals written by popes beginning with Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum in 1891 and continuing through Pope Francis' Laudato Si' in 2015.
Because each person is created in God's image and likeness, Catholic social thinking likewise emphasises the need of respecting and protecting each person's inherent worth and dignity. However, this emphasis must never take precedence over the pursuit of the common good.
Similarity
CST, however, also refers for Catholic Social Thought and Catholic Social Tradition. As a historical fact and progression, CST is predicated on, embraces, and encourages additional intellectual inquiry and refinement from theologians and other thinkers.
Catholic Social Teaching has a common good with Catholic Social Thought, that is the upholding of human dignity and respect for moral principles. Because we are social creatures, John Paul II argues, the great good as a guiding concept is inextricably linked to and promotes respect for human dignity. To fully appreciate one's rights, they must be placed in the perspective of the greater good.
Difference
While Catholic Social Thought have played a key role in shaping more peaceful and compassionate communities throughout the ages, Catholic Social Teaching goes much beyond this, and represents the magisterial teachings of the Church (teaching authority).
2. Poverty, worker rights, and the responsibility of the state to safeguard the common good were only a few of the social challenges that Rerum Novarum aimed to solve. In the setting of an Industrial Revolution, when several people were impoverished and subjected to dangerous working conditions, these concerns took on added urgency. As the state became increasingly involved in the economy, discussions arose regarding its proper place in society.
Rerum Novarum was written in response to the conditions of the working people and the Church's place in society at the time. Pope Leo XIII advocated for measures to help the working classes, who he said were being negatively affected by things like low pay and unsafe working conditions, in the first issue. With regard to the second topic, the pope stated that the Church must help advance social justice and provide relief for the impoverished and oppressed.
3. Rerum Novarum, or On the Condition of Labor, were released by Pope Leo XIII in 1891. It continues to guide the Church's engagement with modern society.

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