Dorothee Soelle was one of the most creative and prophetic German theologians of the post-war generation whose work was shaped by the memory of the war, the Holocaust, and totalitarianism. Her writings integrated feminism, ecology, a witness for peace, and global solidarity.

Dianne L. Oliver, who selected the text, an Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Evansville in Indiana, has published studies of Soelle's theology.