Affliction and the Option for the Poor: Simone Weil and Latin American Liberation Theology
Publication Type |
Book Chapter |
Year of Publication |
2010 |
Author |
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Editor |
Rozelle-Stone, Rebecca Stone, Lucian |
Book |
The Relevance of the Radical: Simone Weil 100 Years Later |
Pages |
240-255 |
Publisher |
Continuum |
Place Published |
New York |
Language |
English |
Translator |
Lueck, Bryan |
Chapter |
15 |
Keywords |
affliction (malheur) |
Annotation |
Bingemer compares Weil’s life and thought to the ‘proposals of Liberation Theology’. In particular, she examines Weil’s response to ‘the poor’, poverty itself, and question of justice. Included in her discussion are Weil’s labor in the factory and the vineyard, her relationship to workers and worker’s organization, her view of Marxism, her understanding of Christianity as a religion of the poor and enslaved and finally, Weil’s understanding of and response to suffering in the development of her concept of affliction. |