In the Company of the Poor

Dr. Paul Farmer and Father Gustavo Gutierrez have co-authored In the Company of the Poor, released on November 1.  Click here to preview a chapter of the book on the Partners in Health website.  This excerpt demonstrates Paul Farmer's masterful understanding of the intersection between theology and medicine, as he expands his understanding of preferential option for the poor from a hermeneutic of generosity to a hermeneutic of hope.  The title of the books plays on the "theology of accompaniment" espoused by both Farmer and Gutierrez.