Hope in an Age of Despair"The Gospel that we preach will not be a Gospel of Jesus Christ unless it takes sides with those who are sinned against the poor and the oppressed." Albert Nolan, best selling author of Jesus Before Christianity and Jesus Today, outlines the basis of a spirituality that sides with the poor and the cause of justice. Many of these essays were forged in the long struggle against South Africa's apartheid system, as it was was in that context that Nolan

and at the time a singular witness to the enduring power of the Cross

An Interrupted life

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Robert Ellsberg is the publisher of Orbis Books and the author of several books

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Hoping for life after death

though several contributors acknowledge the difficulty of applying ancient teachings to modern life

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Virgil Elizondo (1935-2016) was a theologian and pastor who played a critical role in the development of Hispanic theology