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Here is a definitive introduction to liberation theology through the life and work of its most significant proponent, Gustavo Gutierrez. Robert McAfee Brown draws extensively on Gutierrez's own writings (some never published in English) and on personal conversations with him. Brown clearly and compellingly presents the basics of liberation theology and the differences between North American and Latin American theologies. The form of Gustavo Gutierrez is that of a drama. Brown's initial "program notes" introduce and situate the "author" the "actors" the "critics" He sets the stage with a history of church and state in Latin America and introduces its definitive figures, themes, and milestones. A collective biography of Gutierrez's spiritual predecessors is followed by a biography of Gutierrez himself, which takes critical account of his works. Then we are ready, dramatically and theologically, to move to the first that of commitment to the poor. The second act, in two scenes, explores first liberation theology's method of critical reflection on praxis and also its nothing less than the Word of God. Brown delves next into the controversies and criticisms Gutierrez faces, especially t

Author

Brown, Robert McAfee, 1920-2001

Publisher

Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books

Published

1990

Language

EN

ISBN

9780883445976

Subjects

Religion, Christian