The impact of the catholic social teaching on integral development of youths in Uganda in light of Mater et magistra: a case study of Nabbingo parish Kampala

Abstract

Integral Human Development is not limited to economic growth; it is to be holistic, covering all spheres of life, the economic, political, cultural, personal and spiritual. The integral human development of any person is found in using their abilities to participate in and foster the common good. This dissertation is an attempt to critically assess and creatively comprehend a holistic understanding of integral human development in Uganda. It is written in light of Mater et magistra an encyclical by Pope John XXIII. The researcher writes from a catholic perspective with an intention of showing how the Catholic Social Teaching of the church can impact integral development of each individual human being. In this study, The researcher basically focuses on youths simply because it is the group of people mostly faced with life challenges almost in all dimensions of their life, hence the topic of this dissertation is “The impact of Catholic Social Teaching on the integral development of youths in Uganda, in light of Mater et Magistra; a case study of Nabbingo Parish, Kampala.” The researcher uses three objectives in order to fully give a real understanding of the above topic. That is, establishing the effects of the social teaching of the Church on the social-economic development of the youths, investigating how the Catholic Social Teaching impacts human formation and moral development of youths and finding out the extent to which Catholic Social Teaching influences the spiritual and psychological development of youths. In an apparent natural flow of main ideas, this dissertation is presented by means of six chapters and these are: chapter one (introduction), chapter two (literature review), chapter three (methodology), chapter four (presentation and interpretation of findings), chapter five (summary of findings) and chapter six (conclusions and recommendations).