Everyday Social Justice and Citizenship

Ann Marie Mealey is a senior lecturer in ethics and moral theology at Leeds Trinity University, where she is currently Academic Group Leader for theology and religious studies, hstory and plitics. She is the author of 'The Identity of Christian Morality' and other scholarly articles that relate to moral conscience, ecofeminism and bioethics. Ann Marie is a member of the leadership team of Leeds Citizens, the Justice and Peace Commission in the Diocese of Leeds and the CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development) Theological Reference Group in the United Kingdom.

This book considers concepts of citizenship and social justice from a variety of contemporary perspectives, inviting readers to consider the complex relationships between love and justice, the battle for social equality and individual ways in which citizenship and social justice is perceived through culture, media and the arts.

Part I: Introducing Social Justice; Chapter 1. Introducing Social Justice. (Sue Goodwin and Janis Fook); Part II: Social Justice and Faith Perspectives; Chapter 2. Social Justice Perspectives in Christianity. (Ann Marie Mealey); Chapter 3. 'See, Judge, Act' - The Foundation of the Citizens Project? (Patricia Kelly); Chapter 4. Powerful Agents and Suffering Servants: The Community Organising Vocation. (John Battle); Chapter 5. Tzedakah, Tikkun: Jewish Approaches to Social Justice. (Alana Vincent); Chapter 6. Social Justice in Islam. (Qari Asim); Part III: Perspectives on Children, the Family and Sport; Chapter 7. Social Justice for Children and Young People in England: Citizens or Drones? (Pam Jarvis); Chapter 8. Families with Young Children, Precarious Work and Social Justice. (Stefano Ba'); Chapter 9. Neoliberalism and the Family (Pam Jarvis); Chapter 10. Developing Socially Just Citizenship Education in Divided Contexts: The Freedom to Self-define and Not Define. (Helen Hanna); Chapter 11. Social Justice in Local Government: A Delicate Balance. (Susan Elmer); Chapter 12. Children, Young People and Sport. (Graham Turner); Part IV: Perspectives in Education; Chapter 13. Social Justice in our Schools: A Need to Reconceptualise Ideas and Classroom Practice. (Jonathan Doherty); Chapter 14. Developing a Core compulsory module to teach principles of social justice and citizenship (Janis Fook, Jonathan Glazzard, Ann Marie Hayes, Ann Marie Mealey, Chris Rowley); Conclusion; Index