Romero's Legacy The Call to Peace and Justice

by Hogan Closkey, Pilar; Hogan, John P.; Closkey, Pilar Hogan; Groody, Daniel G.; Gumbleton, Thomas J.; Gutierrez, Gustavo; Hayes, Diana L.; McDermott, Robert T.; Prejean, Helen

• ISBN13: 9780742548220
• ISBN10: 0742548228
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-24
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This volume brings together the annual Romero Lectures presented in Camden, New Jersey, one of America's poorest cities. The book not only remembers Romero but evokes his model of ministry and leadership to give direction to some of the thorny social justice issues confronting American Catholics.The essays are by Robert McDermott, John Hogan, Thomas Gumbleton, Gustavo Gutierrez, Helen Prejean, Diana Hayes and Daniel Groody. They address urban problems, liturgy and justice, poverty and war, the preferential option, capital punishment, race and economics, and immigration. Each chapter reminds us of the tough questions behind the option for the poor. Can we as a faith community and institution move beyond high sounding slogans and incarnate the church's social teaching? In these difficult times of war, terrorism and scandal, can we rebuild trust and be a sign of the future announced by Jesus?

Author Biography

Pilar Hogan Closkey is the executive director of Saint Joseph's Carpenter Society, Camden, New Jersey John P. Hogan worked in Africa, South America, Haiti, and China

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction: Romero's Vision and the City Parish-Urban Ministry and Urban Planning	p. 1
In the Footsteps of Martyrs: Lessons from Central America	p. 15
The Eucharist and Social Justice	p. 25
If You Want Peace, Work for Justice	p. 35
Liberation Theology for the Twenty-First Century	p. 45
Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues	p. 61
The Color of Money: Racism and the Economy	p. 79
A Promised Land, A Devil's Highway: The Crossroads of the Undocumented Immigrant	p. 93
Index	p. 107
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 111
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