BOOK PICK: Salted with Fire: Spirituality for the Faithjustice Journey
Sat, Jan 16, 2010
By Fred Kammer, S.J.
Salted with Fire blends the realities of social injustice and the burdens of working for justice and peace with a hopeful spirituality, all brewed in the cauldron of the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. The book is for the young, who dream dreams of a more just world, and for their elders, who have grown bone weary fighting the good fight for justice and peace. Community organizers, social service workers, political activists, and parish social justice ministers will find here a sympathetic spirit. The author is himself a social service practitioner, who can deal both with the intricacies of social analysis as well as with a spirituality of coping, hoping, surviving, and even flourishing amidst often discouraging conditions and bureaucratic red tape. Adopting a four-fold “pastoral circle” as his conceptual tool, Kammer offers a solid, practical, and pastoral primer for those seeking to build a more humane and just society.
Tags: ACTIVISM, CHRISTIANITY, EFJ BOOK PICK, FRED KAMMER S.J., SOCIAL JUSTICE, SPIRITUALITY
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