Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor

by Leonardo Boff

Book Overview

The acclaimed Latin American theologian here extends the intuitions of liberation theology showing how they contribute to answering the urgent questions of poverty and ecological degradation. Leonardo Boff argues that if Christian faith fails to appreciate the ecological paradigm, the link between human life and all of creation, then it only adds to the crisis--and begs for reform.

Focusing on the threated Amazon of his native Brazil, Boff...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570751366
• ISBN13: 9781570751363
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Orbis Books
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Grito da Terra, Grito das povres

Leonardo Boff, the brazilian priest who tried to change those old catholic dogmas describes how human is finishin animal and vegetal life all over the world in the name of welfare. A book that will make us undeerstand how blind we all are.