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Searching for Justice is an issues-based text for middle secondary students. It explores key justice issues within a framework of local action and global thinking and the context of the Australian Catholic Church.

A key element in each chapter is the section on Social Action, which contains opportunities to explore and reflect on the way Christians can respond to, and grapple with, difficult issues and situations. Searching for Justice includes a calendar of ‘Social Justice Milestones’.

Contents:

• What is Social Justice? Righting the Wrongs
• Dreaming for Justice: Indigenous Australia
• Renewing for Justice: The Environment
• Equal Justice for all: Women of the World
• The Bread of Injustice: Poverty
• Justice for the Stranger: Refugees
• Without Justice: Work and Unemployment

Key features:

• Provides an introduction to the concepts of justice
• Draws on a range of mediums (poetry, story, cartoon, illustrations) to explore key justice issues and takes an inquiry based approach
• Glossary of key terms for students
• For middle secondary students

About the author:
Beth Gilligan is an Education Consultant, and has written global education materials for both primary and secondary schools. She has worked as a National Education Officer with Caritas Australia (formerly Australian Catholic Relief).

How to order
Available from:

• leading booksellers,
• your local Christian bookshop or
• by ordering through an online retailer.

All prices are Australian Recommended Retail Price, GST inclusive and in Australian dollars.