Foreword by Robert McAfee Brown Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Maria da Silva Miguel 2. Salomé Costa 3. Edilson da Silva 4. Goreth Barradas 5. Toinha Lima Barros 6. Lori Altmann 7. Frei Betto 8. Silvia Regina de Lima Silva 9. Carlos Mesters 10. Tereza Cavalcanti 11. Clodovis Boff 12. Leonardo Boff 13. Rubem Alves 14. Ivone Gebara 15. Bishop José Maria Pires 16. Bishop Pedro Casaldáliga Afterword by Robert McAfee Brown "The People is Poet" by Maria Miguel Appendix I Appendix II