Doing Faithjustice (Revised Edition): An Introduction to Catholic Social Thought

by Fred Kammer

In this revised edition of a longtime bestseller, lawyer, activist and Jesuit priest Fred Kammer ushers Catholics into the twenty-first century as he confronts the challenge of human poverty and injustice in the context of our consumer-driven, economically fragile world. He defines faithjustice as "...a passionate virtue which disposes citizens to become involved in the greater and lesser societies around themselves in order to create communities where human dignity is protected and enhanced, and gifts of creation are shared for the greatest good of all...." Writing with passion and conviction, he explores the biblical grounding for this virtue and provides an overview of its historical development in the Catholic community. And he brings out its contemporary meaning, rooting each chapter in concrete times and places. He concludes with a framework for living faithjustice in our time. This revised edition contains new materials on social teaching documents of the nineties, updated economic and social data and analysis, and, at the request of users of the original volume, questions for reflection and renewal at the ends chapters. ―Now, more user-friendly ―Author is highly respected in this field †

Genres: Religion, Spirituality, Politics, Economics

304 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1991

Reviews

[Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

a very in depth understanding of Christian Justice... the profoundly intertwined relationship of the Personal Gospel (i.e., "you must be saved..") and the Social Gospel (i.e., Do unto others....")... Loving God and loving our neighbor as ourself....

It is thru our love relationships that justice is done...

Justice is not rooted in physical laws but in spiritual laws... the laws of love...very meta-physical stuff indeed...

"Making the invisible visible (i.e., the unseen poor and Jesus)

...a preferential love of the poor...standing w/ the poor...blessed are the poor in spirit...