Adrian Pabst argues that Catholic Social Thought is the most coherent body of ideas for social renewal, a gift to the world. In practical, grounded terms, he sets out how this tradition not only conceptualises a more just economy anchored in the dignity of the person and of work, but also reconciles the estranged interests of capital and labour, finance and production.
Adrian Pabst is Professor of Politics at the University of Kent, author of Postliberal Politics: The Coming Era of Renewal, and Deputy Director at The National Institute of Economic and Social Research. An acknowledged expert in Catholic Social Thought and political economy, Adrian is among the leading figures seeding a growing cross party consensus for economic and civic renewal.
This lecture was given on 23 May 2023 as part a series of nine lectures featuring speakers from different traditions who draw on Catholic Social Thought to explore how the Christian tradition can be a blessing on public life and discourse. Introduced and curated by Jenny Sinclair, these talks were held in partnership with Lincoln Cathedral and CCLA.
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LINCOLN LECTURE SERIES EP#05: JUST ECONOMY? Catholic Social Thought, Mutualism and Roads Not Yet Taken. With Adrian Pabst