Contents, Volume 13 #5

November/December 1995

Dossier

Development Upside-Down

The basic assumptions behind
western-inspired plans for
the Third World are being
radically reexamined

Leader
Having lost so much to achieve affluence, can we really say we are developed?
Douglas McCarthy SJ (p. 2)

A Development Worker's Second Thoughts
It took us a long and bitter time to question whether societies really evolve from "underdeveloped" to "developed."
Majid Rahnema (p. 6)

Economic Development's New Partners
A Canadian Jesuit finds broad support for the view that culture and spirituality are important.
An interview with Bill Ryan SJ (p. 9)

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Women Now Face a Broader Struggle
Seeing culture and religion as crucial to development means including structures and values that in many societies have been oppressive to women.
Agnes Abuom (p. 14)

Moving Forward by Small Steps
Four stories from the frontlines.

Native Cakes and Sewing Machines. Salvacion M. Bulatao (p. 16)

Visible Women and Frontline Workers. Gretchen Roedde (p. 17)

Collecting Mists from the Earth. Robert Schemenauer (p. 19)

Grain Banks and Edible Tomatoes. Jacqueline and Roger Cousin (p. 20)

St. José de Anchieta
Sixteenth-century Jesuit missionary saved lives and cultures, but he may have been after the wrong souls.
Martin Royackers SJ (p. 21)

Books

Abortion, Conscience and Democracy
By Mark R. MacGuigan. Two views

Logic Based on Bad Biology
Reviewed by Michael Power (p. 23)

A Breath of Fresh Air
Reviewed by Ann Keating (p. 25)

Features

Letters
Far-off Germany and creatures of iron. (p. 4)

Points
Picasso's poems, Klee's walking partner and Kepler's ravings. (p. 5)

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Colloquy
The Lord's song in a strange land. Tissa Jehoratnam (p. 22)

Compass Cryptic by Margaret Visser
Saint Albert the Less, Lear unhinged and garbled Jesuit fax. (p. 27)

Testament
Christ's name is part of who we are. Isidore H. Gorski (p. 28)

Disputatio