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- English
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About this book
Pope Paul VI's notion of "integral human development," which was endorsed by his successors including Pope Francis, broke with the modern project of purely economic and technological development, resulting in an original understanding of development. Like a conventional notion of development, this theoretical construct favors economic growth, technological innovation, and the implementation of social programs. However, development is not just a socioeconomic and political issue, let alone a technical one; it raises, fundamentally, theological questions and points to important ethical challenges. Hence, integral human development is a vocation at which all personal, social, and political activity must be directed. As such, it is not a social but an anthropological program. Far from being a secular development theory, the notion of "integral human development" emphasizes the religious goal of reconciling humanity and God through the creation of a human family over and above material social and economic issues. Sustained by global principle and shaped by different cultural views, this book brings forth the uniqueness of this approach to development, examines its contribution to human welfare, and anticipates the resistances it may face.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- The Service of Integral Human Development
- The Ideal of Development in the Thinking of the International Community
- The Anthropological Bases of Integral Human Development
- Challenges to Solidarity
- Promoting Sustainable Integral Human Development and Rural Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries through Bottom-Up Approaches and Grassroots Institutional Building152
- Structural Challenges to the Realization of the Sustainable Development Goals
- Good Governance, Leadership and Social Justice In Africa
- The Ethical Challenge of Convergent Technologies
- Cultural Diversity and Political Culture in India
- Weaving Voices for Our Common House
- Sustainability
- Concluding Remarks towards Integral Development