Editorial : the return of the plague / José Oscar Beozzo and Virgil Elizondo
I. Plagues today. God and the evil of this world : forgotten, unforgettable theodicy / Johann Baptist Metz
Plagues : definition an overall view / Gaspar Mora
The social construction of plagues / John H. Simpson
Evil in the free market mentality / Jung Mo Sung. II. Biblical / theological interpretations. "Neither he nor his parents have sinned" : guilt and exclusion / Hermann Häring
Plagues in the Bible / Pablo Richard
Job : even when I cry out "violence" I am not answered / Elsa Tamez
Leprosy : untouchables of the gospel and of today / Justin S. Upkong
The apocalyptic beast : the culture of violence / Walter Wink. III. The challenge of the plague experience. Plague and its human price : Albert Camus, The Plague / Norbert Mette
The Christian ethic : help or hinderance ? / Marciano Vidal
Seeds of hope / Zilda Arns Neumann.
