Human Development and the Catholic Social Tradition

Towards an Integral Ecology
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-63961-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 118 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 292 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Religion and Development

This book brings development theory and practice into dialogue with a religious tradition in order to construct a new, transdisciplinary vision of development with integral ecology at its heart.

It focuses on the Catholic social tradition and its conception of integral human development, on the one hand, and on the works of economist and philosopher Amartya Sen which underpin the human development approach, on the other. The book discusses how these two perspectives can mutually enrich each other around three areas: their views on the concept and meaning of development and progress; their understanding of what it is to be human – that is, their anthropological vision; and their analysis of transformational pathways for addressing social and environmental degradation. It also examines how both human development and the Catholic social tradition can function as complementary analytical lenses and mobilizing frames for embarking on the journey of structural and personal transformation to bring all life systems, human and non-human, back into balance.

This book is written for researchers and students in development studies, theology, and religious studies, as well as professional audiences in development organizations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Deneulin, Séverine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Ethik, Moraltheologie, Sozialethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, 1. The Concept of Development, 2. Anthropological Visions, 3. Transformational Pathways, Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Séverine Deneulin is Director of International Development at the Laudato Si’ Research Institute, Campion Hall, University of Oxford, UK; and Associate Professor in International Development at the University of Bath, UK.