RT Article T1 Religions's moral compass and a just economic order: Reflections on Pope John Paul II's encyclicalCentesimus Annus JF Journal of business ethics VO 12 IS 12 SP 901 OP 917 A1 Sethi, S. Prakash A1 Steidlmeier, Paul LA English PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V YR 1993 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1785604724 AB The purpose of Pope John Paul's encyclicalCentesimus Annus (CA) is to propound the foundations of a “just economic order” and to sketch its essential characteristics. As such he essentially provides an orientation or moral compass for the political economy rather than a precise road map. This article first reviews the principal components of CA and then analyzes and evaluates its central contentions on both cultural and economic grounds. K1 Economic Order K1 Essential Characteristic K1 Political Economy K1 Economic Growth K1 Reflection DO 10.1007/BF00871710