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Despite the repressive military dictatorship in Brazil from 1964 to 1985, rural workers' trade unions flourished. This work examines how union leaders carved out a place for themselves in the political order of the country, and how other progressive movements can succeed in comparable situation.
The Church needs a blast of Dominican fresh air. The book points to the quality of that fresh air. Introduced by Timothy Radcliffe.
The print edition is available as a set of four volumes (9789041115171).
* Winner of the 2004 Harry Chapin Media Judges Award from World Hunger Year * A vivid, highly readable book by a resident of Brazil who set off by bus and motorbike to unearth the realities of this hidden trade and expose them to the world The illegal trade in people is surpassed in scale only by that in drugs and arms. In huge ranches deep in the Amazon, migrant workers are enmeshed in a web of debt, deceit, and cruelty -- trapped in the illegal trade in humans. Trapped documents the lives of these workers, allowing them to tell their own stories. Le Breton also talks with those who benefit from this injustice, as well as those fighting against it, and offers suggestions on how it can be consigned to history.
Coletânea que inclui ensaios sobre a obra de Frei Carlos, e outros com assuntos de seu interesse como justiça social, mística e engajamento, comunicação social, ética (social, política, econômica), teologia feminista, estudos bíblicos e direitos humanos. Apresenta ainda duas entrevistas com ele.
Walter Lotens heeft op zijn reizen in Latijns-Amerika vaak missionarissen ontmoet. Markante figuren die op een zeer eigen manier een geloof vertegenwoordigen en een sociaal engagement vorm geven. Vandaar de uitgangsvraag: wat bezielt mensen om zich levenslang religieus én/of sociaal te engageren? Welke elementen verbinden die mensen die met of zonder God zich inzetten voor de medemens? En zijn hun uitgangspunten wel zo anders? Dit boek presenteert getuigenissen van (ex)-missionarissen, priesters en leken, die de bevrijdingstheologie als inspiratiebron hebben voor hun doorgedreven sociaal engagement. De auteur legt ze voor aan notoire denkers met zeer uiteenlopende profielen gaande van een c...