• Der politische und kirchliche Hintergrund für die entstehung der Kirche der Armen in El Salvador
• Erste konkrete Schritte : die Pastoralwochen von 1970 und 1976
• Die Zuspitzung : von Romero zur "Coordinadora Nacional de la Iglesia Popular"
• Stillstand und Restauration - Die Zeit des Bürgerkrieges
• Die "Kirche der Armen" : Konflikte um die Ekklesiologie.

• Introduction-- Exodus and Genesis: Leaving Chamula, Creating Community in Guadalupe-- Opting for the Poor: The Catholic Diocese of San Cristobal and Human Rights-- The Sin of Westernization: Power, Religion, and Expulsion-- Defining Human Rights in Context: Anthropological, Legal, and Catholic Perspectives-- Respect and Equality: Practicing Rights in Guadalupe-- "Our Culture Keeps Us Strong": Conversion and Self-Determination-- Working and Walking to Serve God: Building a Community of Faith-- Conclusion.
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In the last decades of the twentieth century, thousands of Mayas were expelled, often violently, from their homes in San Juan Chamula and other highland communities in Chiapas, Mexico, by fellow Mayas allied with the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). State and federal authorities generally turned a blind eye to these human rights abuses, downplaying them as local conflicts over religious conversion and defense of cultural traditions. The expelled have organized themselves to fight not only for religious rights, but also for political and economic justice based on a broad understanding of human rights. This pioneering ethnography tells the intertwined stories of the new communities formed by the Mayan exiles and their ongoing efforts to define and defend their human rights. Focusing on a community of Mayan Catholics, this book describes the process by which the progressive Diocese of San Cristobal and Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia became powerful allies for indigenous people in the promotion and defense of human rights. Drawing on the words and insights of displaced Mayas she interviewed throughout the 1990s, Christine Kovic reveals how the exiles have created new communities and lifeways based on a shared sense of faith (even between Catholics and Protestants) and their own concept of human rights and dignity. She also uncovers the underlying political and economic factors that drove the expulsions and shows how the Mayas who were expelled for not being 'traditional' enough are in fact basing their new communities on traditional values of duty and reciprocity.
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• Presentación
• La tierra y las tribus regresan a Yavé / Tom ás Burns
• Jubileo y derechos humanos / Pilar Coll
• Iglesia y jubileo del 2000 / Pablo Richard.

This collection of essays revisits Jacques Maritain's book, Man and the State - the University of Chicago Walgreen lectures of 1949 - and critically engages its greatest themes and arguments: the character of the modern state and its relation to the body politic, the state's functions and claims, the basis of authority, the foundation of human rights and natural law, structural pluralism, Church and State relations, national sovereignty, and the prospects for world government. The contributors address whether Maritain has successfully accomplished his project of engaging modernity from the perspective of a 20th century disciple of Thomas Aquinas; whether his reformulations and revisions of the modern state are philosophically sound and prudent; and whether his developments of Aristotle and Aquinas are faithful to the sources. Maritain, drawing upon the philosophy of Aquinas, represents a significant achievement: he provides a viable reassessment of the liberal state, uniting Thomistic and Aristotelian traditions with the human rights thrust of modern political philosophy. The contributors to this collection find Maritain has achieved much in the accomplishment of this project. Some continue this project by applying Maritain's philosophy to contemporary issues. Other contributors find it helpful, however, to compare Maritain to other contemporary political philosophers, and to question his use of the philosophy of Aquinas. Maritain's political philosophy, and Man and the State in particular, is worth continued study. His work shows a remarkable resilience and relevance to the issues of the day, offering a deeper philosophical foundation and more flexible set of tools for analysis than currently provided.
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