Social Analysis: Linking Faith and Justice [Paperback]

Joe Holland (Author), S. J. Peter Henriot (Author)

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• Paperback: 118 pages
• Publisher: Orbis Books; Revised & enlarged edition (August 15, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0883444623
• ISBN-13: 978-0883444627
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,884 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Joe Holland is a philosopher and Catholic theologian focusing on philosophical-scientific cosmology and on global social and ecological ethics for the new postmodern Global Civilization and for the new postmodern Global Catholic Church. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile.

His major recent book is MODERN CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING: THE POPES CONFRONT THE INDUSTRIAL AGE 1740-1958. He is currently completing a sequent volume tentatively titled POSTMODERN CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING: THE POPES CONFRONT THE GLOBAL ERA 1958-2005.

Joe is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy and Liberal Studies Programs at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Florida,as well as Adjunct Professor at St. Thomas University School of Law. During summer months, he serves as Permanent Visiting Professor at the Universidad Mayor de Altiplano in Puno, Peru and also teaches regularly at the University Mayor de San Andres in La Paz, Bolivia.

In addition, Joe is President of Pax Romana/Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs USA. Based in Washington DC, this movement is part of the more than 120-year-old Pax Romana global network across 40 countries of some 420,000 lay Catholic intellectuals, professionals, and university students promoting Catholic Social Teaching. He is also Vice-Chair of Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice which is headquartered in the Boston area, a member of the International Association for Catholic Social Thought based at the University of Leuven in Belgium, and a member of the Catholic Labor Network based in Washington DC.

Earlier, Joe served as a Research Fellow at the Center of Concern, a Washington DC institute for research and education on international issues founded jointly by the Jesuits and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Later he served as founding Executive Director of PILLAR, a research and education institute for Catholic lay leadership then located at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.

Joe has lectured at many US universities, including Georgetown, Harvard, Notre Dame, Princeton, and also at many foreign universities, including the Institut Catholique in Paris, France; the National University of the Altiplano in Puno, Peru; the Pontifical Catholic University in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan; the University of San Andres Mayor in La Paz, Bolivia.

His SOCIAL ANALYSIS book with Peter Henriot has over 100,000 copies in print in the United States, plus 4 foreign-language translations, 2 foreign English editions, and 21 US printings. It is still used in seminaries, colleges, and universities, as well as by grass-roots communities.

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4.0 out of 5 stars a landmark, if partially dated, presentation of a practical model, December 12, 2005

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This review is from: Social Analysis: Linking Faith and Justice (Paperback)

When this book was first published, liberation theology was just past its peak in Latin America, and many theologians and others involved in church-based work for social justice were rethinking their models. This book, from the Washington, DC-based "Center of Concern," established the basic tool of the "pastoral circle" which has empowered people from ordinary parish small groups to high-level intellectuals and church officials to move from experience to action in an ordered, prayerful and reflective way.

The book is dated now in its consideration of the specific examples in uses from the Cold War era and the period before the global economy was in full power. But parish workers and other teachers can still use this book with great benefit in helping people grow in responding, not reacting, to the call for justice.

For those interested in seeing how this model works in practice, explore theological reflection centers such as the Woodstock Center at Georgetown University or, more poignantly, the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection in Zambia, currently directed by this book's co-author, Peter Henriot, SJ.

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The book I purchased arrived within the time stated. It was in the condition stated in the ad (secondhand) good condition. I was very pleased with the service and would recommend it to a friend.

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3.0 out of 5 stars title lives up to content, September 26, 2007

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This is a good book that gives insight into how to linkfaith and culture. It shows the impact of decisions by using some clear examples of how things went wrong.