Alexandre A. Martins is assistant professor in a joint position between the Department of Theology and the College of Nursing at Marquette University.

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: A Liberating Approach to Health Care.....................

Prolegomenon of a Project: Hermeneutical and Methodological Lines...................

Part I Human Contingency: Anthropology of Suffering........................................

1 The Unfortunate Being in Simone Weil.........

2 Rootedness, Suffering, And Compassion: Malheur And Incarnation..........

3 The Liberation Approach to Suffering: Simone Weil and Liberation Theology............

4 The Preferential Option for the Poor as an Existential Commitment.............

5 Emptying and the Preferential Option for the Poor: Mysticism and Social Implications...

Conclusion Part I............

Part II Suffering and Inequalities in Health...................

6 Liberation Ethics: Inclusion from Below..............

7 The Suffering of the Poor and Their Vulnerability: Voices from Below..........

8 Structural Violence Beyond Numbers: Learning from the Hermeneutical Lens of The Poor....

9 Structural Violence and Social Determinants of Health: The Vulnerability of the Poor...

Conclusion Part II..........

Part III Anthropology of Suffering and Liberation Ethics: Bases for Health Care as a Human Right.....

10 Global Health and Human Rights Framework from Below: Theological and Anthropological Perspectives.....

11 Popular Education and Public Health: A Community-Based Approach for Health Care Advocacy........

Conclusion Part III.......

Suffering - Health - Hope......

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About the Author.....