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Resources (updated on July 25, 2013)

Updated conference documents and reference readings

SHARING OUR RESOURCES

We are in the process of compiling a shared list of books, journal articles, research papers, online resources and organizations related to peace and justice.  These references also provide information on the conference tracks: Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Health/Medicine, Interfaith Initiatives, and Technology/Media.  Conference leaders, speakers and participants are invited to submit resource ideas to vrivera1@luc.edu .  Please include the author, title, and date of publication. For online resources include the web address.  Thanks for your contributions to our mutual learning.

 

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND PEACE

Wangari Maathai.  Unbowed: A Memoir. 2007.

Wangari Maathai. The Challenge for Africa. 2009.

John Rawls. A Theory of Justice. 1971.

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o. The River Between. 1965

Chinua Achebe. Things Fall Apart. 1959

Harvard University’s Justice with Michael Sandel - http://www.justiceharvard.org/

Just Readings: A Loyola University Chicago On-Line Social Justice Reader”- http://blogs.luc.edu/socialjustice/files/2012/02/JustReadings.pdf

(2009). Forsythe, D.(Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Rights. : Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 May. 2013, from http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195334029.001.0001/acref-9780195334029.

 

(2010). Young, N.(Ed.), The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace. : Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 May. 2013, from http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195334685.001.0001/acref-9780195334685.

 

Adams, Maurianne, Lee A. Bell and Pat Griffin, editors. 2007. Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice. New York, New York: Routledge.

 

Anderson, G. L., & Herr, K. G. (Eds.). (2007). Encyclopedia of activism and social justice. (Vols. 1-3). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781412956215

 

Barry, Brian. 2005. Why Social Justice Matters. Malden, MA: Polity.

 

Brighouse, Harry. 2004. Justice. Malden, MA: Polity Press.

 

Capeheart, Loretta and Dragan Milovanovic. 2007. Social Justice: Theories, Issues, and Movements. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

 

Craig, Gary, Tania Burchardt and David Gordon. 2008. Social Justice and Public Policy: Seeking Fairness in Diverse Societies. Bristol, UK: Policy Press.

 

Cramme, Olaf and Patrick Diamond. 2009. Social Justice in the Global Age. Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA: Polity.

 

Miller, David. 1999. Principles of Social Justice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

 

Nussbaum, Martha C. 2011. Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

 

Rawls, John. 2001. Justice as Fairness: A Restatement. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

 

Sandel, Michael J. 2009. Justice: What's the Right Thing to do? New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

 

Young, Iris M. 1990. Justice and the Politics of Difference. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

 

Young, Iris M. 2011. Responsibility for Justice. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

EDUCATION

R. Sambuli Mosha. The Heartbeat of Indigenous Africa: A Study of Chagga Educational System.2000.

Paulo Freire. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. 1996.

 

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. 2009

Jacqueline Novogratz. The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World. 2009.

Jeffrey Sachs. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. 2005.

Mike Davis. Planet of Slums. 2006.

Muhammad Yunus. Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism. 2007.

 

ENVIRONMENT

Daniel Goleman and Lisa Bennett. Ecoliterate: How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence. 2012.

 

HEALTH/MEDICINE

Paul Farmer. Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues. 1999.

Paul Farmer and Amartya Sen. Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor. 2003.

Ann Fadiman. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. 2012.

Tracy Kidder. Mountains Beyond Mountains.  2004.

Anne Firth Murray. From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice. 2008.

 

INTERFAITH INITIATIVES
Thomas Merton (ed.) Gandhi on Non-Violence: Selected Texts from Gandhi’s Non-Violence in Peace and War. 1965.

Martin Luther King, Jr. A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. 1986.

Interfaith

Interfaith Youth Core - http://www.ifyc.org/

Interfaith Alliance - http://www.interfaithalliance.org/

Catholic

Ignatian Solidarity Network - http://ignatiansolidarity.net/

Catholic Social Teaching from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/

Maas Weigert, Kathleen, & Kelley, Alexia K., editors. 2005. Living the Catholic Social

Tradition: Cases and Commentary. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Schuck, Michael. 1991. That they be One: The Social Teaching of Papal Encyclicals 1740- 1989. Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press.

Christian

Christian Peacemaker Teams - http://www.cpt.org/

Protestants for the Common Good - http://www.thecommongood.org/

Sojourners - http://sojo.net/

Jewish

Jewish Social Justice Roundtable - http://www.ncjw.org/content_5925.cfm?navID=394

Jacobs, J. (2009). There shall be no needy. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing.

Jacobs, J. (2011). Where justice dwells. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing.

Islam

Social Justice in Islam - http://digilib.bc.edu/reserves/th162/delo/th16241.pdf

Hinduism

Arya Samaj - http://aryasamaj.com/global/

Swami Agnivesh - http://www.swamiagnivesh.com/

Buddhism

Journal of Buddhist Ethics - http://blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethics/

 

TECHNOLOGY/MEDIA

Thomas L. Friedman. The World Is Flat. 2005.

Rebecca Hamilton. Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide. 2011.

Jane McGonigal. Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World. 2011.

Clay Shirky. Creative Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. 2010.

Sherry Turkel. Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other.  2011.

 

FUNDING/GRANTMAKING

Joel J. Orosz.The Insider’s Guide to Grantmaking: How Foundations Find, Fund, and Manage Effective Programs.  2000.

Author: Jamason Chen
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