Dom Helder Camara

by Camara, Dom Helder

• ISBN13: 9781570758232
• ISBN10: 1570758239
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-31
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

Dom Helder Camara (1909-1999) was one of the great prophets of the Catholic church in the twentieth century. As archbishop of Recife, Brazil he gained an international reputation as a champion of human rights during the era of military dictatorship and for his dedication to the poor. Banned from the media in his own country, he toured the world denouncing oppression in the Third World and making the link between the gospel and liberation. In his many books he communicated a joy-filled, mystical love of God and creation. These selections from his writings highlight his distinctive blend of spirituality and social vision.

Author Biography

Francis McDonagh, who lives in London, has spent the last twenty years following development and religious issues in Latin America, including three years living in Recife, Brazil, as a correspondent for The Tablet. He currently manages the Andes program of CAFOD, the British Catholic development agency.

Table of Contents

Sources	p. 9
Acknowledgments	p. 10
Introduction: Dom Helder in Context	p. 11
A Church of Service and Poverty	p. 37
Dom Helder Introduces Himself to the People of Olinda and Recife	p. 38
Opening People's Eyes	p. 43
The Idea of a Bishops Conference	p. 47
The "Church of the Poor" at Vatican II	p. 47
The Courage to Reform	p. 49
We Cannot Accept a Museum-Church	p. 50
The Role of the Papacy	p. 52
True Evangelization	p. 55
Clergy and Laity	p. 56
Base Communities and the Laity	p. 60
Listening to the People	p. 62
A Crisis of Authority?	p. 63
Liberation Theology	p. 64
The Voice of the Voiceless World	p. 65
From Paternalism to Liberation	p. 69
The Church and Development	p. 71
Development Is Not Liberation	p. 77
But There Will Always Be a Need for Charity	p. 77
Moral Pressure for Liberation	p. 79
The Limitations of Violence	p. 80
Capitalism and Socialism	p. 83
From Development to Liberation	p. 84
"I Discovered Minorities"	p. 85
The Roots of Radicalism	p. 88
The Challenge	p. 91
A Marvelous Discovery	p. 92
We Bless You, Father	p. 93
Marginalization: A Universal Phenomenon	p. 94
Put Your Ear to the Ground	p. 95
Beyond Charity	p. 95
God's Voice Today	p. 96
Come, Lord	p. 98
Lord, Try Us	p. 98
Setting Out on the Road	p. 98
If You Disagree with Me	p. 99
You Are Hemmed In	p. 100
You Want to Be	p. 100
Become an Expert	p. 101
Abrahamic Minorities, Unite!	p. 101
Have You Noticed Who Bury Their Talents?	p. 103
Hope without Risk	p. 103
The Violence of the Truth	p. 103
Join Together	p. 107
Anonymous Heroism	p. 107
Its Own Function	p. 109
Do Not Forget	p. 109
Are Institutions Hopeless?	p. 109
So You Think that	p. 110
The Harmonist	p. 111
To Artists	p. 111
The Judgment	p. 112
To Atheist Humanists	p. 113
In Te Speravi Semper	p. 115
The Prayer of the Family of Abraham	p. 116
Do Not Fear the Truth	p. 117
To the End	p. 117
Walking With God	p. 118
Dom Helder's Religion	p. 118
Christ's Agony	p. 123
The Holy Spirit	p. 124
Guardian Angels	p. 127
The Gospel Is Still Going On (see Luke 2:4-7)	p. 129
Prayer	p. 130
Living Our Prayer	p. 134
Problems for Faith	p. 136
No Monopoly of the Holy Spirit	p. 137
The Unity of Creation	p. 140
Everyone Has a Vocation	p. 142
Conversion Every Day	p. 143
Holiness	p. 145
Humility	p. 146
Growing in Humility	p. 148
Sin and Self-righteousness	p. 149
Christ in the Eucharist and Christ in the Poor	p. 157
The Bread of Heaven and Daily Bread	p. 158
Prayer and Action	p. 160
Lazarus and Liberation (see Luke 16:19-31)	p. 161
Money	p. 162
Pleasure	p. 164
Death	p. 165
Resurrection of the Body	p. 166
The Unity of Creation	p. 168
Co-Creator	p. 169
King's Son	p. 171
God Knew without a Shadow of Doubt	p. 172
We Are in God's Thoughts through All Eternity	p. 173
We Are the Interpreters of Creation and Singers of God's Praise	p. 174
God's Dazzling Answer	p. 174
Earth, Sister Earth	p. 175
Brother Fire	p. 177
Water, My Sister Water	p. 179
Brother Birds	p. 180
Brother Air	p. 182
Trees, Sister Trees	p. 184
Mass for the Century	p. 186
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