The option for the poor in Christian theology
By: edited by Daniel G. Groody.
Contributors: Groody, Daniel G., 1964-
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780268029715
Subjects: Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- Congresses; Liberation theology -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: This volume draws on the thought of leading international scholars and explores how the Christian tradition can help us understand the theological foundations for the option for the poor. The central focus of the book revolves around the question, How can one live a Christian life in a world of destitution? The contributors are concerned not only with a social, economic, or political understanding of poverty but above all with the option for the poor as a theological concept.
Notes: Some essays from a conference held at Notre Dame in the fall of 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The multidimensional reality of poverty; title: Poverty, poetry, and scripture; title: Poverty, patristics, and martyrdom; title: Poverty, politics, and apocalyptic mysticism; title: Poverty, culture, and community; title: Poverty, race, and gender; title: Poverty, liturgy, and popular religiosity; title: Poverty, religions, and identity.