Having recently gained a slightly more manageable understanding of justice, I'm re-entering justice-related discussions with renewed focus. So I found "Justice for Education; Educating for Justice", a book review on two new books about eduction from Steven Vryhof and Nicholas Wolterstorff in the Third Quarter 2004 Public Justice Report, particularly intersting.
In the section concerning Wolterstorff's book, the reviewer writes:
Colleges must offer students "alternative ways of thinking and guide them into, and energize them toward, alternative ways of living," writes Wolterstorff. "We must combat and counteract the 'oblivion of the normative' which ... is becoming characteristic of our society." Educators must "teach for justice--not only on our local scene but on a global scale. Justice, in the biblical sense, occurs when the little ones are not only protected against oppression but also have a voice in the community. Our common humanity would call for us to care about justice in distant societies; the fact that we live in a world-system, with our own area at its core, makes that imperative."
I'd like to read both of these books at some point, but it seems that the quotes above would indicate a congruence with the vision behind culture is not optional and our visionPractice mode.
