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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778359303321

Autore

Toton Suzanne C

Titolo

Justice education [[electronic resource] ] : from service to solidarity / / Suzanne C. Toton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milwaukee, WI, : Marquette University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-87462-933-0

1-4356-1080-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Marquette studies in theology ; ; #50

Disciplina

261.8088282

Soggetti

Church work with the poor - Catholic Church

Christianity and justice - Catholic Church - Study and teaching

Christian sociology - Catholic Church - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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