- Director of the Yarra Institute for Religion and Social Policy, University of Divinity
Bruce Duncan is a Catholic priest of the Redemptorist order who has studied economics and politics at Sydney University. Since 1986 he has lectured in history and social ethics at Yarra Theological Union in Melbourne, part of the University of Divinity. He has written widely on social issues, including The Church's Social Teaching (1991), Crusade or Conspiracy: Catholics and the Anti-communist Struggle in Australia (UNSW Press, 2001), and in 2012, Social Justice: fuller life in a fairer world. He is one of the founders of the advocacy network, Social Policy Connections.
Experience
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–presentDirector of the Yarra Institute for Religion and Social Policy, Yarra Theological Union
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–presentSenior Lecturer, History and Social Ethics, Yarra Theological Union
Education
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1987University of Sydney, PhD, Department of Government
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1979University of Sydney, B,Ec (hons1)
Publications
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2015Islam, Peacemaking and Terrorism, Australian Catholic Record
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2014Pope Francis’s call for social justice in the global economy, Australasian Catholic Record
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2013Human Rights imperilled by the Global Financial Crisis, Compass
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2013Tackling Capitalism: What Vatican II achieved and what still needs to be done, Pacifica
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2013Globalisation and the Morality of Economics, Interface
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2013Daniel Mannix: Beyond the Myths, Australasian Catholic Record
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2012Social Justice: Fuller Life in a Fairer World, Garratt Publications
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2012The Council’s Call to renewed Social Engagement, Ormerod / St Pauls
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2011The context of Caritas in Veritate in Catholic Social Teaching, Ormerod/ St Pauls
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2010The puzzle of Caritas in Veritate, Aust. Journal of Mission Studies
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2008Just War in Oxford Companion to Aust. Politics, Oxford University Press
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2007Santamaria, B. A. in Oxford Companion to Aust. Politics, Oxford Univ. Press
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2007Assessing the social thought of John Paul II , Gascoigne / St Pauls
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2006Population and the Church in the context of global warming, Japan Mission Journal
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2005Ending Hunger: how far can we go: the UN Millennium Development Goals, Aust.Catholic Social Justice Council
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2005Puzzle of Santamaria's politicisation of Catholic Movements, Costar/ Scribe
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2005A new Catholic social manifesto? The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, Compass Theology
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2005Did the 2005 Synod duck issues of hunger and poverty?, Japan Misison Journal
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2003War on Iraq: Is It Just? , Aust.Catholic Social Justice Council
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2003Pope John Paul’s Jubilee Call for a More Robust Social Engagement, Howe / ATF Press
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2003What the Just War Tradition has to offer today, Compass Theology
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2003Pre-emptive Strike and its Implications, Interface Theology
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2003A Schizophrenic Process in the Church? The conservative retreat from the social dimensions of the Gospel, Compass Theology
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2002Santamaria and the legacy of the Split, Australasian Catholic Record
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2001Crusade or Conspiracy: Catholics and the Anti-comunist Struggle in Australia, UNSW Press
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2001The Role of Catholics in the Cold War: The Conundrum of B. A. Santamaria, Love/ Red Rag Publ.
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1999The significance of the Pope's proposed apologies for errors by the Church, Australasian Catholic Record
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1997Church social justice interventions in the public arena', Compass Theological Journal
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1995World Population: Cause for Alarm? , Catholic Social Justice Council
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1992The Place of work in human development, Shinnick / Adelaide Archdiocese
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1991Strengths and Weaknesses of the Tradition Around 'Rerum Novarum, Compass Theological Journal
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1991The Catholic Church and economic development, Lutheran Theological Journal
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1991Church Social Teaching: from Rerum Novarum to 1931, CollinsDove
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1988Needed: a new history of Catholic social activism, Compass Theology
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