1st Edition

Catholic Social Thought and Prison Ministry Resourcing Theory and Practice

174 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

174 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

174 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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This book explores how the themes and insights of official Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and broader Catholic social thought might illuminate, and be illuminated by, a deeper engagement with the context of prisons. What resources might Catholic social thought bring to pastoral work in prisons? And what might listening to the prison context bring to Catholic social thought? The volume includes... Read more

Part 1 CST Informing Prison Ministry

1. Solidarity, Social Sin, and Prison Ministry

Kathryn Getek Soltis

2. Common Good and Prison: Where’s the Commonality? Where’s the Good?

Patrick Riordan SJ

3. Prison, Work, and Human Dignity

Kevin Hargaden

Part 2 Prisons Informing CST

4. Sitting Where They Sit: A Theology of Vulnerability

Gerry McFlynn

5. Hope, Despair, and Desistance: What Happens after People Are Imprisoned as "Sex Offenders"?

Alice Ievins and Thea Thomasin Reimer

6. Prison Chaplains as Truthtellers: Speaking In, To, and About Prisons