In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez

In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez

In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez

In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez

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Overview

A courageous physician and a path-breaking theologian explore their common option for the poor.

Paul Farmer, an internationally respected physician, and Gustavo Gutierrez, the Peruvian priest renowned for his contribution to liberation theology, join in an inspiring conversation about life, liberation, and the call to accompany the poor. Dr. Farmer has credited liberation theology as the inspiration for his effort to do "social justice medicine," while Gutierrez has recognized Farmer's work as a particularly compelling example of the option for the poor, and the practical application of theological principles outside the church. Their friendship and common vision will inspire all who dream and work for a different world.

Medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer is the Kolokotrones University Professor, Harvard University; Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School; and a founding director of Partners In Health (PIH), an international non-profit organization that provides direct health care services and undertakes research and advocacy activities on behalf of those who are sick and living in poverty. Dr. Farmer is also the UN Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626980501
Publisher: Orbis Books
Publication date: 11/01/2013
Pages: 192
Sales rank: 496,728
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Gustavo Gutierrez, a Dominican priest and theologian from Peru, is widely recognized as one of the preeminent voices of liberation theology. His books include A Theology of Liberation, On Job, We Drink from Our Own Wells, and The God of Life. He teaches half the year at the University of Notre Dame.


Table of Contents

Foreword Father Bruno Cadoré, OP vii

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction Jennie Weiss Block, OP Michael Griffin 1

1 Reimagining Accompaniment: A Doctor's Tribute to Gustavo Gutiérrez Paul Farmer 15

2 Saying and Showing to the Poor: "God Loves You" Gustavo Gutiérrez 27

3 Health, Healing, and Social Justice: Insights from Liberation Theology Paul Farmer 35

4 Conversion: A Requirement for Solidarity Gustavo Gutiérrez 71

5 Conversion in the Time of Cholera: A Reflection on Structural Violence and Social Change Paul Farmer 95

6 The Option for the Poor Arises from Faith in Christ Gustavo Gutiérrez 147

7 Reimagining Accompaniment: An Interview with Paul Farmer and Gustavo Gutiérrez Daniel G. Groody 161

Afterword Steve Reifenberg 189

Index 199

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