‘Tne Srevccue 1s One Vorces ax Visions ‘oF Liesacton MEV PULEOIhaysiack’. Bishop Anglico, who tn 1900 was replaced By the more ‘Sutil Bihop tga secs the font vw a he lege bed ma to Os). Jae 1.1987 ube by Fr infermation,addess Sate Unters of New York ‘Marken by Theresa Ad Sule _iray of Congress Cataloging i Publeaton Dats ps seas fone wales and visions of tera / Mer Inchidesinogrphlal ferences and ine (pelle pepe neo ‘roblema—Brazd. 5. Church and social probiems~Cathobe Church. In honor of my frends Goreth ‘and Toma thelr children ‘and future grandchildren.INTRODUCTION serpents of Ride sar “Srimatd and pleading, The es of hare poor no the we assur bs ost snakes th il ed he omens ‘tatu of Chit the Redo Trg basis on he ef eo ps eee Sn the ight ete eferent say. frashocke hares. ere trea, ya and od bearing four xine Te Chit satae Somes nando ef esas gape tae ard te he was fourteen years ol, ouring Rio de Janeiro with my fam ay, when frst rode that us tothe tate om the hil. That da, fas images of opulence and misery rocked my word, © ers of ‘onsclenve took rot in me. “The questions planted that day teok years to find words: ‘What docs it mean tobe a “Christian” follower ofthe way of cousin a world of contradictions ane conflicts? What docs i dean to be on the way to Jesus when I ew werlds of paver fom an arcondioned tour bus? The early Christians were called “followers of the way.” Wit aay sous we wo Ive i Spl by Jess of Nazave. fallow today tle dia {know stvieen years ago that my wrestling with these questions world lead me back lo Bras Yet his Braz ‘fecontrasts aid conics, Ihave discovered remarkable people ‘who ave walked this ill before me: Followers ofthe way, they have te! Io speak and move ‘scrote monstrous gap betwen the priveged and the poor ‘Bishops who wall the way of voluntary poverty and sk death Genourcinginustce, defending the poor. Theologians wo ane