Making a Life
Catholic Social Teaching and the Meaning of Work
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 16 April 2026
- ISBN 9780567726933
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 232x154x16 mm
- Weight 420 g
- Language English 696
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Short description:
Drawing on the tradition of Catholic social teaching, ethicist Kate Ward re-envisions the meaning of work in American society.
MoreLong description:
Work shouldn't be this hard-or this unfulfilling. Burnout, low wages, gig labor, layoffs, and the struggle to balance purpose with pay have made many of us question what work is, and what it could be--and should be.
Ethicist Kate Ward offers a fresh, timely perspective rooted in Catholic social teaching. She explores work not only as a paid job but as purposeful human activity, examining it through five lenses: purpose, care, food, art, and pay. Caregiving, often undervalued yet essential to every life, reminds us that work extends beyond the workplace. Food and art reveal how creative and repetitive labor shape our satisfaction, meaning, and sense of contribution. And pay exposes the persistent gaps between society's valuation of labor and the real costs of living.
Ward draws on the Church's centuries-long reflection on work, justice, and human dignity, showing how its teachings speak directly to the frustrations and potential of modern labor. This first book devoted to Catholic social thought on work illuminates how communities and societies can better recognize, support, and value meaningful human activity.
Making a Life encourages readers to rethink what work is for, who it serves, and how it can nurture human flourishing. Whether you are a student, a professional, or someone simply seeking more purpose in daily life, Ward provides a compelling roadmap for understanding work as a path to both personal meaning and the common good.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Making a Life: Work and Human Purpose
3. Caregiving: Is It Work If You Love Them?
4. Drudgery and Flow: The Labor of Food
5. Do Artists Work? Creativity and Leisure
6. Making a Living: Just Work and Fair Pay
7. Building Work We Can Live With
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