Unit 3 Flashcards
What should guide those seeking justice, according to the apostolic letter “A Call to Action.”
What book offered the idea of the three step process for taking action for justice?
Pope Paul’s VI’s apostolic letter
What are the three basic steps to the circle of faith in action
Awareness
Analysis
Action
How does justice begin?
Awareness
What is Awarness
(Friendship with the world)
-seeing, hearing and knowing the world in a spirit if friendship as God does
Worldview
The way someone relates to the world
How is worldview developed?
- Expierance
-Culture
-Blind Spots (limitations to our worldview)
What are features of a love centered worldview
- seeing hearing and knowing with respect
- having a vision of abundant life
- acting with compassion
Respect
To look again
What does Jesus desire for all of us?
Abundant life
Compassion
Sharing pain as well as joy
What does compassion lead us to?
Question underlying causes of an unjust situation
What is good about questions?
Consider the problem at a deeper level
(Based on love centered awareness)
All creation is..?
Interdependent
Our lives are shaped by..?
A web of connections that connect us to millions of people
How is justice made possible
Many interdependent life giving relationships
What are examples of social structures?
Governs, business,labor,education,families, and law
What happens if social structures are broken?
People suffer
What do social structures influence?
Rich and poor
T or F
All ppl have power
True
(Some more than others)
Power over worldview
Power acquired or earned and to be used for any purpose even at the expense of others
Power with worldview
Sees power to be used with and for others
Who is the source of our power to do justice?
God
How can power be shred?
Through solidarity with others to transform structure of sin
Life giving action =
Best action
Life giving action =
Best action
Direct Action
Meets an immediate need
(Charity)
Social action
Change behavior and policies
(Justice-change structures that cause injustice)
Solidarity
The ongoing commitment to the good of others
(Recognizes the interdependent relationships)
