Love of God, Love of Justice: The Cases of Dorothy Day and Simone Weil highlights two women: Dorothy Day and Simone Weil. Both had a deep and loving sensitivity for the poor. Both committed themselves with a lifelong struggle for justice. Both had a deep love for God and lived intense mystical experiences. The book reflects on these two figures and their affinities with Latin American Liberation Theology.

Foreword, Timothy Law Snyder
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Love of God, Love of Justice:  The Cases of Dorothy Day and Simone Weil

I        Introduction
II        Dorothy Day: From Care to Commitment
III        Simone Weil: Mystic of Passion and Compassion
IV        Love For God and Love for Justice in Two Biographies
V        Two Women Prophets of the Future
VI        Conclusion: A Spirituality for Our Days

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Contributors Biographies

Maria Clara Bingemer, Ph.D. (Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome) is a noted Brazilian theologian. A full professor at Pontifícia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), she focuses her research on systematic theology; and in particular, on contemporary mysticism and Latin American and liberation theology. She is widely published in many languages. Bingemer's English works include A Face for God: Reflections on Trinitarian Theology for Our Times (Convivium, 2014), Witnessing: Prophecy, Politics and Wisdom (edited with Peter Casarella, Orbis, 2014), and Mary, Mother of God, Mother of the Poor (with Ivone Gebara, Wipf and Stock, 2004). More recently, she published Simone Weil: Mystic of Passion and Compassion (Wipf and Stock, 2015), The Mystery and the World: Passion for God in Times of Unbelief (Wipf and Stock, 2016), and Latin American Theology: Roots and Branches (Orbis, 2016). The former dean of the Center of Theology and Human Sciences at PUC-Rio, Bingemer held the first Duffy Lectures Chair at Boston College in spring 2015. She currently serves on the editorial boards of many theological journals, including Concilium.