Publisher's Synopsis
How a people's Christian community is structured and how it functions / Uriel Molina Oliu -- Church of the poor within the popular movement / Pablo Richard -- People of God in biblical tradition / Jorge Pixley -- People of God in the experience of faith / Giuseppe Alberigo -- 'Populus Dei' in Populo Pauperum : from Vatican II to Medellin and Puebla / Enrique Dussel -- Re-defined role of the bishop in a poor, religious people / Alois Lorscheider -- Presbyter / John Mutiso-Mbinda -- Religious life among the poor : two accounts from Brazil -- Task of theology and ecclesial experience / Gustavo Gutierrez -- Ministry of coordinators of a popular Christian community / Carlos Zarco Mera, Leonor Telleria & Carlos Manuel Sanchez -- Models of the church which underlie pastoral action / Casiano Floristan -- Analytic examination of the term 'people' / Pedro Ribeiro de Oliveira -- Theological examination of the terms 'people of God' and 'popular church' / Leonardo Boff -- Offices in the church of the poor / Edward Schillebeeckx -- Epilogue / Virgil Elizondo & Leonardo Boff.
