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  • Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Notes; 1 Paulo Freire's Life and Educational Praxis; The Brazilian Northeast; The emergence of Freire's pedagogy; Revolutionary ferment (1960-1964); Freire in Chile: The radical turn 1964-1969; The "international years": (1969-1980); Homecoming and late period; Notes; 2 Freire and the Brazilian Catholic Left Movement; Overview; The Brazilian church: Pre-twentieth century; Theological background; The 1920s-1950s: Catholicism enters the public square; Catholic action in Brazil.
  • New forms of social analysis: The historical turnThe progressive clergy; Catholic University Youth (JUC); Popular Action (AP); The Movement for Grassroots Education (MEB); Reformist currents from Rome; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Freire and Catholic Theologies of the Person; Overview; Jacques Maritain; Maritain and Catholic anthropology; Relationality and community; The new civilization and the common good; Historical agency; Integral education; Emmanuel Mounier; Personalist anthropology; The Personalist civilization; Personalist praxis; Personalist education; Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
  • Theology of evolutionPhilosophical anthropology; Transforming the earth; Freire and theologies of the person; Freire and Catholic anthropology; "Nature" versus "culture"; Christians and history; Dialogue and relationship; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Freire and Liberation Theology; Background and overview; The modern roots of liberation theology; The Latin American context; The Medellín Conference; Freire and Medellín; Intersections between Freirean pedagogy and liberation theology; God the liberator; Integral salvation; Christian praxis; Conscientization as conversion, death, and rebirth.
  • The Christian-Marxist dialogueThe prophetic church; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Freire, Neoliberalism, and Integral Pedagogy; Introduction; Historical and biographical context; Secretary of education; The neoliberal decade (1990-2000); Neoliberal ideology and the "end of history"; Neoliberalism and education; Freire's late theology; Pedagogy as human formation; Pedagogy and the whole person; Pedagogy as "coherence"; Pedagogy as prophetic action; Conclusion; Notes; Final Thoughts; Notes; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index.