Harm, Healing, and Human Dignity
Author | : |
Publisher | : Liturgical Press |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2019-05-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780814664162 |
ISBN-13 | : 0814664164 |
Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Harm, Healing, and Human Dignity is a faith formation resource to help parishes, small groups, and individual believers reflect on the Catholic call to restorative justice. Through Scripture, Catholic teaching, eye-opening statistics, and personal stories, each chapter prompts prayerful consideration of the place of human dignity and the common good as we respond to harm, violence, and the death penalty in the United States. Prepared in cooperation with the highly regarded Catholic Mobilizing Network for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, Harm, Healing, and Human Dignity will help Catholics consider what it means to choose hope over death and redemption over vengeance. It's a choice that can foster healing, transform relationships, and build the culture of life to which our Catholic faith calls us.