Justice education : from service to solidarity / Suzanne C. Toton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toton, Suzanne C.

Series:

Marquette studies in theology ; #50.

Marquette studies in theology ; #50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church work with the poor--Catholic Church.

Church work with the poor.

Christianity and justice--Catholic Church--Study and teaching.

Christianity and justice.

Christian sociology--Catholic Church--Study and teaching.

Christian sociology.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milwaukee, WI : Marquette University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Catholic colleges and universities, like non-religious academic institutions, are dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge and truth. However because Catholic colleges and universities take their inspiration from the Gospel, that pursuit has a different orientation. Its specific point of reference, direction and purpose is perhaps best captured by the phrase ""a preferential option for the poor."" This phrase, coined by the Latin American bishops at their 1979 conference in Puebla, Mexico and since then central to the vocabulary of the Catholic Social Tradition, simply means that we as individual

Contents:

short title page; title page Suzanne C. Toton, JusticeEducation:From Service to Solidarity; copyright page; dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 -Understanding Structures; Chapter 2 - A Working Theology for Justice Education; Chapter 3 -A Church Working for Justice; Chapter 4 -A University Working for Justice; Chapter 5 -The Poor with Spirit: The Local Connection; Chapter 6 -Leavens for Society, theChurch and the University; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-179) and index.

ISBN:

0-87462-933-0

1-4356-1080-6

OCLC:

609853328