LCL theory
Core docs & Annotated resources
The most comprehensive short outline of the idea of the 'leading causes of life', it explains what prompts this 'mindshift', this way of seeing and thinking, and why it is significant.
Defining the 'five causes' - agency, coherence, hope, connection, intergenerativity - it also provides some pointers to the 'found science', the relevant existing knowledge, behind each 'cause' (many more examples can be added; see here).
A parsimonious way of grasping the range of human capacities, relations, and activities that make up the complexity of personal and social life, the 'five causes' are give us an integrated perspective on seeing and working with people and communities.
Because these 'causes' may as easily function to serve narrow, self-interested, harmful ends as any other, we necessarily root them in a moral vision of society and the world - one where the ends that matter intend well-being for the sake of all
and the sake of the whole.
For short videos on the 'five causes' see 'About LCL' or click here.
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[For LCL-linked resources (books, chapters, articles and more), see below]
Leading Causes of Life
- Annotated resources
An extensive listing of key documents about the 'leading causes of life', many from those who created the theory and its approach.
Also includes a wide range of other sources - readings and other materials - on individual 'causes' (such as connection or agency) as well as more general pieces of relevant.
Fully referenced, all items are annotated to make it easier to see what you want.
NOTE: You will also find this file under 'Learning modules', linked to the many exercises that facilitators and teachers can use on the theme.
Religious Health Assets
- Annotated resources
An extensive listing of key documents on 'religious health assets', many from those who created the theory and its approach.
Also includes a wide range of other sources - readings and other materials - of relevance to understanding and working with such assets in formal and informal settings.
Fully referenced, all items are annotated to make it easier to see what you want.
NOTE: You will also find this file under 'Learning modules', linked to the many exercises that facilitators and teachers can use on the theme.
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