Human development and the Catholic social tradition: towards an integral ecology

"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"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The concept of development -- Sen's capability approach to development -- The kinds of lives that people live -- An open-ended framework for evaluation -- Attention to human suffering and to the marginalized -- Integral human development -- The kinds of lives that people live: integrating the spiritual -- Attention to suffering and marginalization: integrating the earth -- Broadening the evaluation of states of affairs: integrating oneself -- Concluding remarks -- 2 Anthropological visions -- The anthropological vision of Sen's conception of development -- Each individual person, in relationships, as an end -- Speaking, listening, empathy, and reasoning -- Open-ended anthropological vision -- The anthropological vision of the Catholic social tradition -- Each individual person, in relation with others and the earth, as an end -- Listening, empathy, and reasoning, earth and gift -- Concluding remarks -- 3 Transformational pathways -- Transformational pathways in Sen's conception of development -- Public action: listening, organizing, and solidarity -- Public reasoning and power -- Transformational pathways in the Catholic social tradition -- Public action: charity, social love, and accompaniment -- Public reasoning: encounter, self-examination, and transformation -- Concluding remarks -- Conclusion -- Index.

"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"--