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BOOK REVIEWS Byrnes, J. (2002). John Paul II and Educating for Life . New York: Peter Lang. ISBN 0 8204 5703 5. $39.16. x + 151 pp. Reviewed by John Sullivan, Liverpool, UK This book starts from the basis that much in current educational practice in Catholic schools is admirable, but that there is at the same time an unclear and inadequate philosophical underpinning for this practice. Why do Catholic educators do what they do? What are the key concepts that form the foundation for a Catholic philosophy of education? How do they t together? Byrnes, Dean of Studies at a New York Catholic High School, seeks to supply an answer to these questions. He does so by focusing on the philosophical writing of the university teacher Karol Wojtyla and the (more theological) exhortations on edu- cation that have owed constantly throughout his energetic and lengthy papacy as John Paul II. A sub-theme of this work is a sensitive commentary on the relationship between the different genres of writing employed before and after taking up the papacy. In presenting, summarizing, analysing and correlating the writings of John Paul II that either have a bearing on education
International Journal of Education and Religion – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2003
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