The Cry of the Poor: Anthropology of Suffering and Justice in Health Care from a Latin American Liberation Approach

Publication Type

Thesis

Year of Publication

2017

Author

Martins, Alexandre Andrade

Publisher

Marquette

Place Published

Milwaukee, WI

Work Type

Diss

Language

English

Advisor

Massingate, Bryan N

Keywords

suffering
liberation theology
poverty
social justice
roots (uprootedness)
affliction (malheur)

Annotation

Extensive discussion of Weil’s philosophy throughout the thesis including her thoughts on suffering and social justice as well as comments on Weil and liberation theology. See especially Chapter 1 “The Unfortunate Being in Simone Weil”, Chapter 2 “Rootedness, Suffering and Compassion: Malheur and Incarnation” and Chapter 3 “The Liberation Approach to Suffering: Simone Weil and Liberation Theology