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Street homelessness and Catholic theological ethics, edited by James F. Keenan, SJ, Mark McGreevy

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Street homelessness and Catholic theological ethics, edited by James F. Keenan, SJ, Mark McGreevy
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Street homelessness and Catholic theological ethics
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1089997797
Responsibility statement
edited by James F. Keenan, SJ, Mark McGreevy
Series statement
Catholic theological ethics in the world church series
Summary
Spanning five continents, this collection seeks to deepen contemporary understandings of, and approaches to, Catholic theological ethics and the global crisis of homelessness. Topics include global strategies for combating homelessness, local ethical responses, and advocacy for special populations such as women, orphans, and veterans. Contributors include Cardinal Peter Turkson, Dame Louise Casey CBE CB, William T. Cavanaugh, María Teresa Dávila, Shaji George Kochuthara, CMI, Elias Opongo, SJ, and Mary Mee-Yin Yuen
Table Of Contents
Foreword : street homelessness in the time of Pope Francis / Cardinal Peter Turkson -- Introduction / James F. Keenan -- Preface : the summons to end global homelessness / Mark McGreevy, Molly Seeley -- Accompanying each other on the journey home / Mary Scullion, Christopher Williams -- The prayers of the homeless / Carol Elizabeth Thomas -- Friends of the homeless / Saint John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Carlo Santoro -- Eclipse / Paul Houston Blankenship -- Stateless-cum-homeless refugees : hard choices for the future / Elias Opongo -- Violence, violations, and homeless women / Julie George -- The African elders / Wilhelmina Uhai Tunu -- Homelessness among military veterans : the United States as a recent case study in political will and evidence-based policymaking / Dennis P. Culhane, Ann Elizabeth Montgomery -- The poor workers in an affluent city : homelessness in Hong Kong / Mary Mee-Yin Yuen -- Youth and LGBT : homeless, overlooked, and underserved / Alejandro Crosthwaite -- Addiction: drink and drugs / Tobias Winright -- Homelessness and SDG 1 / Kat Johnson -- Homelessness and SDG 3 / Rosanne Haggerty -- Homelessness and SDG 11 : A neoliberal paradox / Toussaint Kafarhire -- Strategies from above : government / Dame Louise Casey -- Strategies from above: Caritas and beyond : getting our ecclesial act together / Pat Jones -- Strategies from below : subsidiarity and homelessness / William T. Cavanaugh -- Strategies from below : the catholic worker : building the new within the shell of the old / Kelly S. Johnson -- The ministry of accompaniment among the unhoused : reconceiving the spiritual works of mercy / Maria Teresa, Davila -- Blessed are the poor in spirit : a response to homelessness by a reading of Matthew's beatitudes / James F. Keenan -- Homelessness and hospitality on the ground : a methodological proposal for Catholic social teaching / Daniel Franklin E. Pilario -- Human rights, human flourishing, and the right to housing / Ethna Regan -- Modeling a personal solidarity in a world of exclusion / Meghan J Clark -- Hospitality / Joseph McCrave -- Finding a home : the experience of street children at the "household of hope" in Yaounde, Cameroon / Joseph L. Mben -- Seeing the "invisible" : responses to homelessness in India / Shaji George Kochuthara -- Moving Again : women, Catholic social teaching, and disguised homelessness in Jamaica / Anna Kasaji Perkins
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