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          Book edited by Father Groody wins Pax Christi Award

          
            
              
                
                Published: September 04, 2007
              

              
                Author: Shannon  Roddel
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

The Option for the Poor in Christian Theology,edited by Rev. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C., assistant professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, will receive the Pax Christi USA 2007 Book Award during the organizations Pursuit of Peace Celebration on Wednesday (Sept. 12) in Washington, D.C.

Published in May by Notre Dame Press, the book draws on leading international scholars’ reflections on liberation theology and its central premise of a preferential option for the poor.It explores how the Christian tradition can help us understand the theological foundations for the option for the poor. The book’s central focus revolves around one question: How can one live a Christian life in a world of destitution?

Father Groody, director of the Center for Latino Spirituality and Culture in Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies, is the author ofGlobalization, Spirituality and Justice: Navigating the Path to PeaceandBorder of Death, Valley of Life: An Immigrant Journey of Heart and Spirit.He has been studying Mexican immigration for almost 20 years and recently released two film documentaries,Dying to Live: A Migrant’s Journey,which aired on PBS, andStrangers No Longer,which was produced for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and their Justice for Immigrants Campaign.Both seek to present thehuman faceof the immigrant, and Catholic social teaching on migration.

Currently, Father Groody is conducting further research on theology and immigration as part of a fellowship at the Refugee Centre at Oxford University.

Pax Christi USA strives to create a world that reflects the peace of Christ by exploring, articulating and witnessing the call of Christian nonviolence.

Contact:  Rev. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C.,  " dgroody@nd.edu ":mailto:dgroody@nd.edu or

 Kathryn Pitts, Marketing Manager, UND Press, at  " pitts.5@nd.edu ":mailto:pitts.5@nd.edu  or 574-631-3267.

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