The preferential option for the poor beyond theology /

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Imprint:	Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2014]
Description:	viii, 252 pages 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Gutiérrez, Gustavo, -- 1928- -- Teología de la liberación. Teologia de la liberación (Gutiérrez, Gustavo) Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Church work with the poor. Liberation theology. Church work with the poor. Liberation theology. Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9898736

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Other authors / contributors:	Groody, Daniel G., 1964- editor of compilation. Gutiérrez, Gustavo, 1928- editor of compilation.
ISBN:	9780268029869 (pbk.) 0268029865 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Since the 1973 publication of Gustavo Gutiérrez's groundbreaking work A Theology of Liberation, liberation theology's central premise of the preferential option for the poor has become one of the most important yet controversial theological themes of the twentieth century. As the situation for many of the world's poor worsens, it becomes ever more important to ensure that the option for the poor remains not only a vibrant theological concept but also a practical framework for living out the gift and challenge of Christian faith. The Preferential Option for the Poor beyond Theology draws on a diverse group of contributors to explore how disciplines as varied as law, economics, politics, the environment, science, liberal arts, film, and education can help us understand putting a commitment to the option for the poor into practice. The central focus of the book revolves around the question: How can one live a Christian life in a world of destitution? The contributors address the theological concept of the option for the poor as well as the ways it can shape our social, economic, political, educational, and environmental approaches to poverty. Their creative examples serve as an inspiration to all those who are seeking to put their talents at the service of human need and the building of a more just and humane world.

Table of Contents:

On professors and poor people : a jurisprudential memoir / Robert E. Rodes Jr.
The option for the poor and business ethics / Georges Enderle
The multidimensionality of poverty / Javier María Iguíñiz Echeverría
Are the poor happier? : perspectives from business management / Matt Bloom
The option for the poor and the indigenous people of Chile / Patricio A. Aylwin and José O. Aylwin
Option for the poor and option for the earth : toward a sustainable solidarity / Stephen Bede Scharper
Liberation science and the option for the poor : protecting victims of environmental injustice / Kristin Shrader-Frechette
Teaching and transformation : liberal arts for the homeless / F. Clark Power and Stephen M. Fallon
A Hollywood option for the poor / Gerard Thomas Straub
The option for the poor and community-based education / Mary Beckman
Health, healing, and social justice : insights from liberation theology / Paul Farmer
Closing argument / Pat Maloney Sr.
Afterword : the most important certainty / Mary J. Miller

The preferential option for the poor beyond theology /

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