About the book's editors: quoting from the back cover of the book, "Robert McAfee Brown is professor emeritus of theology and ethics at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California. He is the author of numerous books and articles. . ." "Sydney Thomson Brown is program director of the Northern California Interfaith Council on Economic Justice and Work" About the book's contributors: quoting from the inner cover of the book, "Walden Bello joined the Institute for Food and Development Policy as its senior analyst in Pacific affairs after spending more than a decade in Washington, D. C., lobbying to cut off aid to the Marcos dictatorship. David Biale is the Koret Associate Professor of Jewish History and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. Loni Hancock is Mayor of Berkeley, California. She has served on the Advisory Board of the Working Assets Socially Responsible Money Market Fund. . .Julia K. Matsui-Estrella is director for the Pacific and Asian Center for Theologies and Strategies (PACTS), an ecumenical agency located at the Graduate Theological Union. Karen Paget is director of the California Policy Seminar at the University of California. She holds a doctorate in political science. . .and was elected twice to the Boulder City Council. James W. Ryder is the President of the International Longshoreman's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) Local 6 in Oakland, California, and serves on the ILWU International Executive Board. J. Alfred Smith, Sr. is the Senior Pastor of the Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland, California. He is former President of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, USA, and former Dean of the American Baptist Seminary of the West. Edward Voris developed 'A Cry for Justice' while on the staff of the Center for Ethics and Social Policy, for their Ethics in Economic Life Program. Joan Walsh is a writer and associate editor of 'Pacific News Service' whose work has appeared in 'Ms.', 'Mother Jones', 'The Nation', 'In These Times', and many other local newspapers. John Oliver Wilson teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, in the School of Business Administration and the Graduate School of Public Policy." About the book: quoting from the book's back cover, "After full summaries of the major documents, the book subjects them to critical scrutiny from a variety of viewpoints: a corporation executive, a labor union leader, a black inner-city pastor, a social planner, the mayor of a city, two third world writers, and so forth, so that a significant dialogue is started in which readers can participate. A final chapter offers suggestions for using the book as a basis for group discussion." This work contains a directory of the documents discussed with summaries, a topical index of statements and Biblical citations.