Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Vorwort

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Franz-Xaver Kaufmann zwischen Soziologie, Theologie und Sozialethik

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Am 7. Januar 2024 verstarb der Bielefelder Soziologe Franz-Xaver Kaufmann im Alter von 91 Jahren in Bonn. Kaufmann war ohne Zweifel einer der bedeutendsten Wegbegleiter und kritischen Freunde der Sozialethik in der wissenschaftlichen Community. Als maßgeblicher Gestalter im Feld der Familiensoziologie, der Sozialpolitikforschung und der Religionssoziologie hat er auch für die sozialethische Forschung zu sozial- und familienpolitischen Themen sowie zu einer Sozialethik des kirchlichen Lebens Maßstäbe gesetzt und sie über Jahrzehnte als Gesprächspartner begleitet. Der ehemalige Herausgeber des JCSW und Direktor des ICS Karl Gabriel, selbst Schüler und Freund Franz Xaver Kaufmanns, würdigt dessen kaum zu überschätzende Bedeutung für die Theologie und insbesondere die Christliche Sozialethik in einem ausführlichen persönlichen Nachruf in diesem Band.

Global Health (Ethics)

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As a feld that is conceivably broad with regard to discipline and place, academic global health is held together by its normative bracket of the dual goal of global health improvement and equity. A socio-ethical refection aimed at this must take into account responsible actors, motives, goals, means and circumstances, which difer greatly in terms of levels and location. The levels range from international organisations to cooperation on the ground, it is about measures in all parts of the world, about protection and restoration of health, accordingly about all policy areas as well as the health systems themselves everywhere. In doing so, it is important to fnd responsible positions in the diferent motives of self-interest and human rights, orientation towards majorities and minorities, short-term and long-term perspectives, positions that correspond to the dual goal of the greatest possible health beneft and heath equity. Eurocentric assumptions and interests are to be problematized as well as the identity politics of elites in other parts of the world. In respective ethical approaches, an open, internationally and interculturally consented universalism, in which classical socio-ethical concerns such as rights/freedoms and solidarity/common good can be found, must be combined with a high sensitivity to contexts of established values and very diferent economic and ecological conditions.

Globale Gesundheit und kirchliche Soziallehre

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This article sets out to show where and in what way global health appears in texts of Catholic social teaching and what impulses for global health discourses emerge from them. To this end, fndings from papal encyclicals are presented and interpreted. And two texts from bishops’ conferences are used as examples to illustrate particular emphases. In addition to the theoretical treatment of the topics, a cursory look is also taken at practice, again using an example. The final section outlines the human right to health and shows how it is present in church texts and what impetus it provides. It is then shown that the principles of Catholic social teaching can provide inspiration and correctives for current global health policies. The article concludes that global health only plays a minor role in the texts of Catholic social teaching. Nevertheless, especially in connection with practical experience, impulses can be given as to which normative orientations can also guide current discourses and how practice can be shaped.

Global Health, Participation, and Empowerment: Decolonising’ Global Health

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As often happens with concepts that traverse the academy and popular culture, decolonisation has become a buzzword and, in the process, it has amassed new meanings. It has therefore become increasingly important to situate the decolonisation debate, including within the global health space. In this brief chapter, we introduce the colonial/decolonial duality, and ofer conceptual clarifcation alongside problematising the current structures and barriers to participation for previously colonised communities. We then highlight the need to dismantle structures that are grounded on and uphold coloniality and suggest pathways towards rebuilding a more equitable global health space through employing the principle of subsidiarity. To this end, we propose a framework that is imagined as a deliberative and dialogic tool that can be instrumental for actors within the global health space to navigate their way towards decolonial futures.

Zu den Ambivalenzen der globalen Pflegekräfteanwerbung

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The current labour shortage of nurses in Germany has led to the recruitement of nursing professionals from abroad. Followingly a large number of intermediaries, i. e. private and public recruitment agencies, are active in the recruitment of nurses from abroad. These eforts are directed by national interests. The conficts and tensions associated with the migration of nurses, both at a global and a local level, are, however, seldom discussed. The article takes up this issue and discusses it in regard to the global regulation of nurse migration, the recognition of professional qualifcations and occupational (dis-)integration dynamics at workplace. The ambivalences associated with the recruitment of nurses are highlighted and the question what conclusions can be drawn from this for an organization of a nurse recruitment is discussed.

Global Health – One Health – Planetary Health

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At first glance, the human right to health only demands the right of every individual to access to sufcient resources for the protection and strengthening of his or her physical, mental and psychological health. If we take the universality of this claim and the multidimensionality of health seriously, then this human right demands an expansion beyond the usual focus on individual and public health to include questions of global health that encompass the health of non-human animal life as well as the health of the planetary ecosystem as a whole. These mutual dependencies have signifcant socio-ethical implications that lead to a planetary health equity-in-all-ethics.

Planetarisches Gemeinwohl

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The category of the common good is often used in political and academic discourse on the relationship between humans, society and nature. This is because it can relatively easily include non-human beings. Furthermore, global environmental changes directly jeopardise well-being, while other moral goods such as freedom, justice or democracy are only indirectly afected. Even though the common good is central to the socioecological discourse, it is rarely explicitly addressed. It usually resonates implicitly, and its meaning must be hermeneutically explored. To this end, discursive framework structures are analysed. Key concepts of the socio-ecological discourse, namely sustainability, resilience and the Anthropocene, are analysed for their implications for the common good. Furthermore, ideal-typical roles of humans in the creation of the common good are analysed. The results make it clear that talk of the planetary common good is very presuppositional and that the theoretical foundation is only at the beginning.

Qualifikationsarbeiten in der deutschsprachigen katholischen Sozialethik

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Unter dieser Rubrik werden jährlich laufende und in jüngster Zeit abgeschlossene wissenschaftliche Arbeiten zur katholischen Sozialethik –
Habilitationsschriften, Dissertationen sowie besonders qualifizierte Examensarbeiten – angezeigt. Wir geben (je nach den eingesandten Angaben) Autor/in, Titel, Arbeitsbeginn bzw. -ende sowie den Namen der/des Betreuenden der Arbeit an.

Die Autor*innen des Bandes

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Covid 19 und globale Gesundheit: Brandbeschleuniger oder Brennglas?

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A novel infectious disease that is spreading fast and wide is not a new phenomenon. The COVID 19 pandemic seems nevertheless unique in its global efects. The history of the feld of Global Health has numerous links with the spread of infectious diseases. This article presents two perspectives on the efects of COVID 19 on Global Health: The pandemic can be seen as combustive agent, increasing already existing fres and exacerbating health disparities, healthcare provision for chronic conditions, access to new drugs and research, or mistrust in health systems. But the pandemic can also be seen as burning lens: it focuses light in a way, that kindles useful fres and it focuses light in a way, that makes the small invisible aspects visible. The pandemic helps to see the necessity to refect the normative foundations of Global Health and to develop an epistemic humility. Ultimately, this paper presents four central challenges for a social ethic of Global Health.

Religion and Health

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Religion and health have been intertwined since the dawn of humanity. In recent centuries, this connection has tended to be separated at various levels, ranging from the provision of healthcare to an exclusively biological/empirical view of health, illness, and healing. The 19th and early 20th century were characterized by a widespread emphasis on the negative infuence of religion on mental health, particularly in the feld of psychotherapy. This shift strongly marked the beginning of the 20th century, and it took several decades for medical research to return to the question of the infuence of faith and religion on health. In the frst part of this paper, attention will be given to the impact of religion on health. This will be followed by a discussion of religion’s place in global public health and the role of local church communities.

Ethics of Reconciliation – European Perspectives

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Sarah Delere berichtet von der 59. Jahrestagung der Societas Ethica, die vom 24.–27. August 2023 zum Thema Ethics of Reconciliation – European Perspectives in Sarajevo stattgefunden hat.

Mehr als ein Frauenthema – Care als Herausforderung für die Ethik

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Anna Noweck berichtet vom 41. Kongress der Internationalen Vereinigung für Moraltheologie und Sozialethik, der sich vom 10.–13. September 2023 dem Thema Sorge – Care. Anthropologische Zugänge – Ethische Konzepte – Gesellschaftliche Praxen widmete.

Über die Relevanz einer Christlichen Sozialethik

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Das Organisationsteam der 33. Forum Sozialethik-Tagung, Christiane Kuropka, Anna Karger-Kroll, Michael Brugger und Edith Wittenbrink, blickt zurück auf drei ertragreiche Tage vom 18.–20. September 2023 in der Katholischen Akademie Schwerte zum Thema Ist das Wissenschaft oder kann das weg? – Über die Relevanz einer Christlichen Sozialethik.

Politische Theologien und Christliche Sozialethik angesichts multipler Krisen des Politischen

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Anne Weber rekapituliert die Präsentationen und Diskussionen auf dem Sozialethischen Werkstattgespräch in Berlin vom 19.–21. Februar 2024; es stand unter dem Thema Politische Theologien und Christliche Sozialethik angesichts multipler Krisen des Politischen.