Shaking The Gates of Hell

Catherine Keller, Professor of Theology, Theological School, Drew University
"This book doesn't just shake, it rocks! Delgado offers a powerful account, lucid and lyrical, of the crossroads before us: the 'corporate security state' or the better world that is possible. This book makes it a bit more possible. For Christians who care about the earth and about our humanity, for students of theology, activists and church leaders: here is inspiration and information, proclamation and empowerment."

Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy:
"This book speaks hard truth to hard power--it's unsparing, and that's what we need. It's also loving, in the (not so easy) way that the Gospels are loving."

Jurgen Moltmann, author of A Theology of Hope, The Crucified God:
"This book is authentic and convincing with personal experience and a great vision. In many corners of the world there is a new paradigm emerging, the earth community and participatory democracy, versus the old, outdated and destructive paradigm of corporate globalization. Get out of apathy. A better world is possible. I read this book with a moved heart and new encouragement."

Carol S. Robb, Professor of Christian Social Ethics, San Francisco Theological Seminary
"Delgado will not prove to you that corporate globalization is the Beast running amok. She will instead nail the destructive logic of the Beast, and show the way out of the interlocking network of the IMF, World Bank, and the WTO. Delgado names and then unmasks the myths, laws, and practices that sustain global corporate reach and suck the moral fiber out of well-meaning Christians... Reflecting on her participation in nonviolent direct resistance against these powers, and describing movements for global justice, such as they have emerged in Chiapas, Cochabamba, Nigeria, Argentina, India, and Kenya, Delgado prepares Christians for faith-led resistance as a way of life."

Bill Wylie-Kellermann, Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education, Chicago
"Among the strengths of Sharon Delgado's book is her theological eye for the 'principalities and powers' of our global situation. To the sweep of her social vision, her biblical lens adds depth and dimension. Her capacity to look upon the demonic without flinching is inseparable from our hope in this present age."

Ched Myers, activist, theologian, and educator with Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries,
"In this book, Delgado offers a truly incarnational theology from the heart of her social location, clearly discerning the 'signs of our times' -environmental devastation, economic domination, and violence—while reminding us of the power of biblical hope. This is a handbook for the next generation of grassroots social-change activism."

James Douglass, Resistance and Contemplation, The Nonviolent Coming of God
"Sharon Delgado's Shaking the Gates of Hell integrates prophecy and action. Delgado shows that unless we learn to shake the gates of the corporate hell taking over the planet, its creatures have no future. Yet through faith-led, nonviolent resistance, the gates of hell can fall, the reign of God can open up. As Delgado's transforming conclusion at a Cancun WTO meeting shows, anything is possible if we have the faith to join the movement and shake those gates."