Paul Farmer, Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez to launch 'In the Company of the Poor' book | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Paul Farmer, Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez to launch 'In the Company of the Poor' book Paul Farmer, Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez to launch 'In the Company of the Poor' book Published: November 13, 2013 Author: Elizabeth Rankin Paul Farmer, left, and Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, O.P. A pioneer in global health and a path-breaking theologian explore their common option for the poor in a new book drawn from their respective writings, using as a springboard public and private conversations hosted by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. “In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez” (Orbis Press, 2013) will have its public launch at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 (Tuesday) in McKenna Hall Auditorium on the Notre Dame campus. The book discussion is open to the public and will be available by live stream. Students at dozens of colleges and universities across the country are planning to attend remotely. “What is really exciting about this book is that it features a dialogue between two giant figures in their fields — Farmer in global health and Gutiérrez in liberation theology,” said Kellogg Institute Executive Director Steve Reifenberg. “It offers those who know of the work of one the opportunity to learn about the work of the other. Both have so much to teach us about human development.” The book came about in no small part because of a fortuitous encounter on the Notre Dame campus. When Farmer accepted the Notre Dame Award for International Human Development and Solidarity on behalf of Partners In Health in spring 2011, he had the opportunity to reconnect with one of his heroes — Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, O.P., the John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Theology and a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow, whose work had long inspired his own. That fall, Farmer returned for a public dialogue with Gutiérrez arranged by the Kellogg Institute, “Re-imagining Accompaniment: Global Health and Liberation Theology.” That discussion, which continued in the days that followed, forms the core of the new work. Introduced by University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., Farmer will present the book at the launch with commentary by Gutiérrez, Orbis Books editor-in-chief Robert Ellsberg and Ophelia Dahl, the executive director and cofounder, with Farmer, of Partners In Health. (See speaker biographies here.) The book launch is not the end of Farmer and Gutiérrez’s collaboration. They will also take part in a workshop for scholars and practitioners of international development to discuss Farmer’s concept of “accompaniment” as the guiding principle for engagement with the poor around the world. A future book, tentatively titled “From Aid to Accompaniment,” is planned. Contact: Steve Reifenberg, Kellogg Institute Executive Director, 574-631-0517, sreifenb@nd.edu Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn