Gregory’s social theology offers an integrative approach to Christian Social Thought in the contemporary post-Christian, post-secular era.

It draws from Jesus’ commandment to love one’s neighbor—and grounds Christian social reflection in principles of human dignity, the primacy of mercy, justice, and communal responsibility.

Catholic social teaching provides a significant foundation, especially through seminal documents such as Rerum Novarum, Gaudium et Spes, and Centesimus Annus.

An additional aspect of Gregory’s social theology is its underlying influence by Radical Orthodoxy, which challenges the secular divide between spiritual and material realities and argues for theology as the vital framework for all social, cultural, and political discourse. Inspired by figures like John Milbank, this tradition advocates “participation,” seeing all creation as bound to and participating in God’s being. As such, social theology is not just a compartmental aspect of faith but undergirds all facets of human existence, calling for societies shaped by divine love, communal justice, and mutual participation.​

Central to this theology is personalism—the unwavering affirmation of human dignity as foundational for both ethics and culture. Each individual is understood to possess inherent worth, not as a means to external ends but as a person in relation to and in community.

Human rights, democracy, the common good, and preferential concern for the marginalized are all anchored in this affirmation of dignity. Market economies and political freedoms are therefore affirmed only insofar as they serve dignity, solidarity, and universal flourishing, not mere profit or autonomy.​

This social vision is practical and prophetic: Christian communities are called to enact the Works of Mercy, practice inclusion, and foster the participation of the marginalized.

Influenced by models like the Iona Community, his social theology insists that advocacy for ecological sustainability, the defense of the vulnerable, and solidarity with the excluded are not optional but central acts of Christian discipleship.