| Introduction | 1 |
| Objectives and Audience | 1 |
| Revisions to the First Edition | 4 |
| Acknowledgments | 4 |
| 1 | The Twenty-First Century: How Did We Get Here? | 7 |
| Colonialism | 8 |
| Commemorating Columbus | 8 |
| Europe Colonizes the World | 9 |
| Phase 1 | 1500-1815 | 9 |
| Phase 2 | 1815-1945 | 12 |
| Phase 3 | The United States Emerges as a Neo-Colonial Power in the Twentieth Century | 15 |
| The Industrial Revolution | 17 |
| When Britain Was the World's Workshop | 17 |
| Future Shock | 20 |
| Trends at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century | 23 |
| Great Powers and Empire | 23 |
| The Cold War | 24 |
| The End of the Cold War | 25 |
| A Wave of Democracy Sweeping the Globe | 26 |
| Globalization | 26 |
| Conclusion | 27 |
| Study Questions | 27 |
| 2 | Poverty and Development | 29 |
| The Human Face of Poverty | 29 |
| The Gap between the North and the South | 32 |
| Measuring Poverty and Development | 34 |
| Globalization: Promise and Peril | 35 |
| Overcoming Poverty | 38 |
| Multi-National Corporations and Investment | 38 |
| Foreign Aid | 43 |
| Trade and NAFTA | 46 |
| The Debt Crisis and Jubilee 2000 | 49 |
| Domestic Inequity and Human Development | 51 |
| The Millennium Development Goals | 54 |
| Poverty and the United States Economy | 55 |
| Health-Care Reform | 56 |
| Welfare Reform | 57 |
| Poverty and Conflict | 59 |
| Study Questions | 60 |
| 3 | Population Explosion, Resource Depletion, and Environmental Destruction | 62 |
| Values and Concepts | 63 |
| Population Explosion | 64 |
| Resource Depletion | 70 |
| Energy: The Master Resource | 70 |
| Forests and Biodiversity | 73 |
| Fresh Water and Ocean Fisheries | 75 |
| Land and Food Security | 78 |
| Atmospheric Pollution | 79 |
| Ozone Depletion | 79 |
| Global Warming | 80 |
| Nuclear Power | 83 |
| Waste Disposal | 84 |
| Environment, Conflict, and Security | 86 |
| Sustainable Development? | 88 |
| Study Questions | 90 |
| 4 | Human Rights | 92 |
| History and Context | 93 |
| The United States | 97 |
| The Meaning of Human Rights | 99 |
| Cultural Relativism | 102 |
| Discrimination against Women | 103 |
| Race, Religion, Caste | 107 |
| Discrimination against Homosexuals | 111 |
| Conclusion | 112 |
| Study Questions | 112 |
| 5 | Conflict and War | 114 |
| Ethno-Nationalist Conflict and Humanitarian Intervention | 115 |
| When Nations Want to Become States | 116 |
| Christian Ethics and the Idolatry of Nationalism | 119 |
| The Global Landscape of Conflict and War | 121 |
| The Middle East | 122 |
| Israel/Palestine | 122 |
| Iraq | 124 |
| The Kurds | 125 |
| Europe | 126 |
| Northern Ireland | 126 |
| The Balkan Peninsula | 128 |
| Kosovo | 130 |
| Chechnya | 131 |
| Asia | 132 |
| Sri lanka | 132 |
| Kashmir | 132 |
| Africa | 134 |
| Latin America | 138 |
| Is Humanitarian Intervention Justified? | 138 |
| A Moral Response to Terrorism | 143 |
| Just Peacemaking and Terrorism | 145 |
| Conclusion | 146 |
| Study Questions | 147 |
| 6 | Weapons and Disarmament | 149 |
| Nuclear Matters | 150 |
| Lest We Forget: Unimaginable Destruction | 151 |
| Nuclear Proliferation | 153 |
| Arms Control | 156 |
| Missile Defense | 158 |
| Deterrence or Disarmament? | 160 |
| Chemical and Biological Weapons | 163 |
| Chemical Weapons | 163 |
| Biological Weapons | 165 |
| Land Mines | 165 |
| Fuel to the Fire: The Trade in Conventional Arms | 167 |
| The Arms Trade | 167 |
| Curtailing the Arms Trade | 170 |
| U.S. Military Spending | 170 |
| Study Questions | 174 |
| 7 | Peace and Security in the Twenty-First Century | 175 |
| From Realism to Comprehensive Security | 176 |
| A Principled Foreign Policy for a Just World Order | 178 |
| Diplomacy | 179 |
| Sustainable Development | 181 |
| Democratization | 182 |
| Demilitarization | 182 |
| Study Questions | 185 |
| 8 | Christian Faith, Jesus, and Catholic Social Teaching | 186 |
| Christian Faith | 186 |
| Jesus and the Spirit | 187 |
| The Politics of Compassion | 187 |
| An Inclusive Early Church | 189 |
| Jesus' Third Way | 190 |
| Catholic Social Teaching | 194 |
| Study Questions | 204 |
| 9 | Christian Citizenship and Resources for Involvement | 205 |
| Resources for Involvement and Information | 212 |
| Organizations | 212 |
| Economic Justice | 213 |
| Environment/Ecology | 214 |
| Human Rights | 215 |
| Peace and Disarmament | 216 |
| Catholic Social Teaching | 216 |
| Projects | 217 |
| For Further Information and Study | 217 |
| Periodicals and Journals | 218 |
| Books | 218 |
| Web Sites | 220 |
| Study Questions | 221 |
| Notes | 223 |
| Index | 267 |
