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Suggested Readings on Catholic Social Teaching
- Living Justice: Catholic Social Teaching in Action
by Thomas Massaro, SJ
- Responses to 101 Questions on Catholic Social Teaching
Kenneth R. Himes, OFM
- Spirituality of the Beatitudes
Michael H. Crosby, OFM, Revised January 2005
- Call to Conversion
- Cloud of Witnesses
- God's Politics
all by Jim Wallis, Founder of Sojourners
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- Living Peace
- A Persistent Peace
- Transfiguration
all by John Dear, SJ. Former director of the Fellowship for Reconciliation
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This treats the personal as well as public journey to a better world.
- The Road to Peace
Henri Nouwen, Edited by John Dear
A collection of essays by this great spiritual writer.
- Eight Spiritual Heroes, Their Search for God
Brennan Hill.
Mini biographies of Mahatma Ghandi, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Oscar Romero, Edith Stein, Daniel Berrigan, Mother Teresa.
- Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger
Ronald J. Sider
Good reading on distribution of wealth on a personal and systemic level.
- A Concise Guide to Catholic Social Teaching
Kevin E. McKenna
- Jesus Today: A Spirituality of Radical Freedom
Albert Nolan
- The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium
Walter Wink
- The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics
Riane Eisler
Books our Committee has read and discussed
- Notes From A Catastrophe
Elizabeth Kolbert
- The Long Loneliness
Dorothy Day
- No Future without Forgiveness
Desmond Tutu
- Essential Writings
Pedro Arrupe
- Hope Against Darkness: The Transforming Vision of Saint
Francis in an Age of Anxiety
Richard Rohr
- Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder
- The Fragrance of Faith: The Enlightened Heart of Islam
Jamal Rahman
- Our Sacred Land
Kenize Mourad
- Palestine-Peace Not Apartheid
Jimmy Carter
- My Lord & My God: Engaging Catholics in Social Ministry
Jeffry Odell Korgen, Foreword by Jack Jezreel
- Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the
Poor
Gary N. Smith
- The Challenge and Spirituality of Catholic Social Teaching
Marvin L. Krier Mich
- Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life
Henri Nouwen
- The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day
Edited by Robert Ellsberg
- How Much is Enough?
Arthur Simon
- Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Thich Nhat Hanh
- Souls in the Hands of a Tender God: Stories of the Search for Home and Healing on the Streets
Craig Rennebohm with David Paul
- Street Journal: Finding God in the Homeless
Gary Smith S.J.
- They Come Back Singing: Finding God with the Refugees
Gary Smith S.J.
- Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time
Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin
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