| Description |
1 online resource (352 pages) |
| Series |
Religion in the Americas ; 1 |
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Religion in the Americas ; 1
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| Contents |
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1: Power and Privilege: 1492-1959 -- Chapter 1: Conquest and Colonialism, 1492-1808 -- Chapter 2: Independence and Neo-colonialism, 1808-1929 -- Chapter 3: From Depression to Development, 1930-1959 -- Part 2: Engaging the World: 1960-1969 -- Chapter 4: Reform and Renewal, 1960-1965 -- Chapter 5: An Atmosphere of Liberation, 1965-1969 -- Part 3: The Preferential Option for the Poor: 1970-1979 -- Chapter 6: A New Way of Doing Theology -- Chapter 7: Justice, Socialism, and Revolution |
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Chapter 8: The Church of the Poor -- Chapter 9: Reading the Word and the World -- Part 4: The God of Life: 1980-1989 -- Chapter 10: Deepening the Commitment and Expanding the View -- Chapter 11: Defending the Faith -- Chapter 12: Facing the Feminist Challenge -- Part 5: Crisis of Hope: The 1990s -- Chapter 13: End of an Era? -- Chapter 14: Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
David Tombs offers an accessible introduction to the theological challenges raised by Latin American Liberation and a new contribution to how these challenges might be understood as a chronological sequence. Liberation theology emerged in the 1960s in Latin America and thrived until it reached a crisis in the 1990s. This work traces the distinct developments in thought through the decades, thus presenting a contextual theology. The book is divided into five main sections: the historical role of the church from Columbus's arrival in 1492 until the Cuban revolution of 1959; the reform and renewal decade of the 1960s; the transitional decade of the 1970s; the revision and redirection of liberation theology in the 1980s; and a crisis of relevance in the 1990s. This book offers insights into liberation theology's profound contributions for any socially engaged theology of the future and is crucial to understanding liberation theology and its legacies. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Liberation theology.
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Theology, Doctrinal -- Latin America -- History
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RELIGION / General
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Liberation theology
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Theology, Doctrinal
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Latin America
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2002011568 |
| ISBN |
9789004496460 |
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9004496467 |
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