The preferential option for the poor beyond theology
By: edited by Daniel G. Groody and Gustavo Gutiérrez
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Indiana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780268029869
Subjects: Liberation theology; Christliche Sozialethik; Theologie der Befreiung; Option für die Armen; Teologia de la liberación (Gutiérrez, Gustavo); Poverty; Church work with the poor; Christianity
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On professors and poor people : a jurisprudential memoir  -- Robert E. Rodes, Jr.; title: The option for the poor and business ethics  -- Georges Enderle; title: The multidimensionality of poverty  -- Javier María Iguíñiz Echeverría; title: Are the poor happier? : perspectives from business management  -- Matt Bloom; title: The option for the poor and the indigenous peoples of Chile  -- Patricio A. Aylwin and José O. Aylwin; title: Option for the poor and option for the earth : toward a sustainable solidarity  -- Stephen Bede Scharper; title: Liberation science and the option for the poor : protecting victims of environmental injustice  -- Kristin Shrader-Frechette; title: Teaching and transformation : liberal arts for the homeless  -- F. Clark Power and Stephen M. Fallon; title: A Hollywood option for the poor  -- Gerard Thomas Straub; title: The option for the poor and community-based education  -- Mary Beckman; title: Health, healing, and social justice : insights from liberation theology  -- Paul Farmer; title: Closing argument  -- Pat Maloney, Sr.; title: Afterword: The most important certainty -- Mary J. Miller.