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oapen-20.500.12657-503052022-06-20T14:31:04Z Human Development and the Catholic Social Tradition Deneulin, Severine Amartya Sen; Catholic Social Tradition; Catholicism; Global Development; Human Development; Religion bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRC Christianity bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRC Christianity::HRCC Christian Churches & denominations::HRCC7 Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRA Religion: general::HRAB Philosophy of religion bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTF Development studies This book brings development theory and practice into dialogue with the religious tradition, in order to construct a new, trans-disciplinary 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 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. The book 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 organisations. 2021-08-04T08:51:52Z 2021-08-04T08:51:52Z 2021 book 9780367639617 9780367639631 9781003121534 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50305 eng Taylor & Francis Routledge 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 927b5744-27a5-47eb-bd15-93c0489de345 0d5cfd3c-404d-4e41-a3d7-047a2fca8dd2 d03e1acb-5c68-47df-aac0-13fad5b781fb dca8be5c-652d-4f7b-95e4-b2b10c51aaf0 10e20685-5300-4005-860a-487a4d30b648 29b29e8d-6b6b-4f7f-989d-219478b7dec5 9780367639617 9780367639631 9781003121534 Routledge open access
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This book brings development theory and practice into dialogue with the religious tradition, in order to construct a new, trans-disciplinary 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 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. The book 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 organisations.
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