Preaching the Just Word
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Walter Burghardt, S.J.
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In this inspiring and compassionate book, one of America's foremost Catholic theologians discusses why we must apply biblical justice—and not merely ethical/legal justice—to matters concerning the poor, the oppressed, and the marginalized. Focusing on abused or neglected children, the AIDS-afflicted, the elderly, women, African-Americans, refugees, and prisoners on death row, Father Walter Burghardt urges that we become sensitive to their problems and faithful to the responsibilities we have undertaken in our covenant with God. We must hear the cries of the poor, he says, because social doctrine should evolve in large measure from the needs of people who share more of Jesus' crucifixion than his resurrection.
Father Burghardt points to a long history of Catholic teaching on social justice, quoting from the earliest Church Fathers to the latest papal encyclicals. A greatly admired preacher, he has particular advice for other preachers, telling them that sermons need not give answers to specific social issues but should sensitize awareness of these issues and show their religious importance. He concludes by discussing some of the most controversial debates facing Christian clergy and the laity: assisted suicide, ordination of women, and gay and lesbian issues.
Father Burghardt points to a long history of Catholic teaching on social justice, quoting from the earliest Church Fathers to the latest papal encyclicals. A greatly admired preacher, he has particular advice for other preachers, telling them that sermons need not give answers to specific social issues but should sensitize awareness of these issues and show their religious importance. He concludes by discussing some of the most controversial debates facing Christian clergy and the laity: assisted suicide, ordination of women, and gay and lesbian issues.
Walter J. Burghardt, S.J., is a senior fellow at Woodstock Theological Center, Washington, D.C., and founder and director of "Preaching the Just Word," a series of five-day retreat/workshops across the United States aimed at improving the preaching of justice issues. During a long and distinguished career, he has been editor of Theological Studies, taught at Woodstock College, the Catholic University of America, and other institutions, been a member and officer of numerous theological societies, and written or edited more than twenty books. He was recently named in Newsweek magazine as one of the twelve best preachers in the world.
A selection of the Catholic Book Club
ISBN: 9780300067682
Publication Date: September 25, 1996
Publication Date: September 25, 1996
160 pages, 5 1/2 x 9
