Preference for the Poor : Latin American Liberation Theology from a Protestant Perspective
Overview
A Preference for the Poor tells the story of Latin American Liberation Theology in a succinct and scholarly, yet readable way. Author Manfred Bahmann highlights the emphases of major Latin American liberation theologians; the rise of military dictatorships; the pope's course correction in his 1975 encyclica "Evangelii Nuntiandi," fleshed out at the 1979 Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) conference in Puebla; and the movement's decline with the collapse of world Marxism. Following a description of the phenomenal growth of Pentecostalism on the traditionally Roman Catholic continent, Dr. Bahmann posits a Protestant view of a new Liberation Theology built on a spiritual foundation for Christian believers within a world of global capitalism.
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- ISBN-13: 9780761830535
- ISBN-10: 0761830537
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publish Date: January 2005
- Dimensions: 9 x 5.94 x 0.38 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.39 pounds
- Page Count: 112
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