Making a Life
Catholic Social Teaching and the Meaning of Work
$41.36
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
16 April 2026
Summary
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 y…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780567726926 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0567726924 |
| Author: | Kate Ward |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | T.& T.Clark Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 16 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 297g |
| Dimensions: | 226mm x 152mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Kate Ward
Kate Ward is associate professor of theology at Marquette University, where she received the Way Klingler Young Scholar award for research achievement. She is the author of Wealth, Virtue and Moral Luck: Christian Ethics in an Age of Inequality (2021). She has published essays in Theological Studies, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, Journal of Religious Ethics and has edited volumes from Oxford University Press, T&T Clark, Marquette University Press and Georgetown University Press.
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