Fr Peter-John PearsonDirector, Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference Parliamentary Liaison Office This important volume is a powerful reminder of the proud fact that the quest for justice has been a consistent part of the Dominican charism down through the ages and across the various continents. It is a testimony to the existence of a subversive history, acknowledged often, only by a few, but with hindsight always a valuable contribution to the ongoing reflection on the primacy of the poor, the marginalized and the oppressed in our theological endeavours and in the construction of contemporary spiritualities. The book is as profound in the wisdom that it offers as it is challenging in the conversion that it calls us to.