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In search of Christ in Latin America : from colonial image to liberating savior / Samuel Escobar ; foreword by C. René Padilla.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publisher: Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press, [2019]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780830889914
  • 0830889914
Uniform titles:
  • En busca de Cristo en América Latina. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: In search of Christ in Latin America.DDC classification:
  • 232.098 23
LOC classification:
  • BR1642.L29
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Foreword / by C. René Padilla -- Acknowledgments -- 1. From the poor Christ to Christ of the poor -- 2. The Iberian Christ who crossed the oceans -- 3. That other Christ of the Indians -- 4. Christ in early Protestant preaching -- 5. The beginnings of an Evangelical Latin American Christology -- 6. Christ in ecumenical Protestant thought -- 7. Christology in times of revolution -- 8. A Christological renewal in Catholicism -- 9. Jesus Christ and the revolutionaries -- 10. The kingdom of God -- 11. Latin America enters the theological scene -- 12. Christ in Latin American culture once again -- 13. Jesus Christ's new time for reflection and dialogue -- 14. Jesus and the lifestyle and mission of the kingdom -- 15. With Jesus in global mission -- Appendix: Present directions of evangelical theological reflection -- Name Index -- Scripture Index.
Summary: "Noted theologian Samuel Escobar offers a magisterial survey and study of Christology in Latin America. Starting with the first Spanish influence and moving through popular religiosity and liberationist themes in Catholic and Protestant thought of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, In Search of Christ in Latin America culminates in an important description of the work of the Latin American Theological Fraternity (FTL). Escobar chronologically traces the journey of Latin American Christology and describes the milestones along the way toward a rich understanding of the spiritual reality and powerful message of Jesus." -- Provided by publisher.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2105929

Includes index.

Foreword / by C. René Padilla -- Acknowledgments -- 1. From the poor Christ to Christ of the poor -- 2. The Iberian Christ who crossed the oceans -- 3. That other Christ of the Indians -- 4. Christ in early Protestant preaching -- 5. The beginnings of an Evangelical Latin American Christology -- 6. Christ in ecumenical Protestant thought -- 7. Christology in times of revolution -- 8. A Christological renewal in Catholicism -- 9. Jesus Christ and the revolutionaries -- 10. The kingdom of God -- 11. Latin America enters the theological scene -- 12. Christ in Latin American culture once again -- 13. Jesus Christ's new time for reflection and dialogue -- 14. Jesus and the lifestyle and mission of the kingdom -- 15. With Jesus in global mission -- Appendix: Present directions of evangelical theological reflection -- Name Index -- Scripture Index.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Noted theologian Samuel Escobar offers a magisterial survey and study of Christology in Latin America. Starting with the first Spanish influence and moving through popular religiosity and liberationist themes in Catholic and Protestant thought of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, In Search of Christ in Latin America culminates in an important description of the work of the Latin American Theological Fraternity (FTL). Escobar chronologically traces the journey of Latin American Christology and describes the milestones along the way toward a rich understanding of the spiritual reality and powerful message of Jesus." -- Provided by publisher.