Justice and Peace in a Renewed Caribbean

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Introduction: The Caribbean, Shaped by the Call for Justice and Peace

   • Anna Kasafi Perkins

   Pages 1-40

3. Reflections on the Black Power Statement

   • Gerry McLaughlin, Anna Kasafi Perkins

   Pages 41-60

4. Justice and Peace in a New Caribbean Revisited

   • Malcolm Rodrigues

   Pages 61-73

5. Situating True Freedom and Development: A Historical/Contextual Appreciation

   • Peter B. Jordens

   Pages 75-93

6. A Response to the Antilles Episcopal Conference Statement on Homosexuality and Homosexual Behaviour

   • Lester Orville Shields

   Pages 95-102

7. Evangelization for a New Caribbean: A Renewed but Ongoing Reflection

   • Duncan Wielzen

   Pages 103-115

8. The Principle of Subsidiarity and Its Relevance to the Caribbean Today

   • Peter Bunting, Danielle Roper

   Pages 117-126

9. Social Development and Reconciliation: The AEC Capital Punishment Document

   • Peter McIsaac

   Pages 127-139

10. Stages of the Life Cycle, the Stages of Catechesis: The AEC Catechetical Statements

    • Jacqueline Porter

    Pages 141-154

11. Revisiting the Common Norms for Dealing with Allegations of Sexual Abuse

    • Clyde M. Harvey

    Pages 155-166

12. Justice and Peace Shall Embrace: The AEC Pastoral on Crime and Violence

    • Donald Chambers

    Pages 167-177

13. Eucharist and Hospitality: Reflections on Stewardship and the Revitalization of Parish Life in the Caribbean

    • Gerald M. Boodoo

    Pages 179-200

14. From Dogma to Pastoral Compassion: A Response to A Statement of the Antilles Episcopal Conference on HIV-AIDS

    • R. Anthony Lewis

    Pages 201-217

15. Caring for the Earth and Plutonium Shipment: A Response to the Ecological Thoughts of the Antilles Episcopal Conference

    • Christopher Llanos

    Pages 219-231

16. We Are Called to Proclaim Celebrate and Serve: Pastoral Letter on The Gift of Life

    • Sylvia Rose-Ann Walker

    Pages 233-243

17. Back Matter

    Pages 245-307

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This collection of critical essays and personal reflections explores the insights provided by official statements of the Roman Catholic Bishops of the Caribbean. In so doing, it presents a critical reading of the corpus with a view to presenting its relevance to the regional and global conversation on matters of human flourishing.

• Caribbean
• corpus
• essay
• freedom
• hospital
• liberty
• nation
• peace
• social development
• stage

"This volume serves as a reference point and model by which any new documents could be related to this collection, and would probably be cited as such a reference point in future years. Because there is no comparable book to this volume, it will remain the 'go-to' base for anyone who wants a brief but professional introduction to the local Roman Catholic response to some pressing Caribbean issues in the last part of the twentieth century and early years of the new millennium." - Fr. Paul Zilonka, C.P., The Passionists

"This text is essentially a secondary reference that will help scholars as well as pastoral ministers sharpen their exegesis of the actual pastoral letters themselves and provoke new directions for scholarly research and homiletics." - John Francis Burke, Cabrini College, USA

ANNA KASAFI PERKINS is the former Dean of Studies at St. Michael's Theological College in Jamaica.
DONALD CHAMBERS is a pastor at Holy Cross Church in Kingston, Jamaica, and a former lecturer/formator at the Regional Seminary, St. John Vianney and the Uganda Martyrs in Trinidad.
JACQUELINE PORTER is currently a lecturer in Religious Education and Spanish at the St. Joseph's Teachers' College in St. Andrew, Jamaica.

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