A Preference for the Poor: Latin American Liberation Theology from a Protestant Perspective
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (609 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0761830537 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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He was Professor for Church History at the Protestant Seminary in Buenos Aires, Argentina and an observer at the Medellin Conference where Liberation Theology was conceived. . About the Author Manfred K. Bahmann holds a Ph.D. in Church History/Reformation Studies from the Hartford Seminary Foundation
Will Jerom said Well-written, insightful overview of Liberation Theology. Manfred K Bahmann's book briefly describes, reviews, and constructively criticizes the Latin American Liberation Theology movement from a Protestant perspective. In brief, Liberation Theology is the Latin American movement (begun in 1968, but fizzling in the 90s) to express "a preference for the poor", which usually amounted to a socialist challenge to capitalism. Taken from a Christian perspective, however, the emergence of such a socialist perspective was a threat to traditional Vatican thinking; h
. in Church History/Reformation Studies from the Hartford Seminary Foundation. Manfred K. He was Professor for Church History at the Protestant Seminary in Buenos Aires, Argentina and an observer at the Medellin Conference where Liberation Theology was conceived. Bahmann holds a Ph.D
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 (C.E.L.A.M.) conference in Puebla; and the movement's decline with the collapse of world Marxism. A Preference for the Poor tells the story of Latin American Liberation Theology in a succinct and scholarly, yet readable way. Bahmann posits a Protestant view of a new Liberation Theology built on a spiritual foundation for Christian believers within a world of global capitalism.. Following a description of the phenomenal growth of Pentecostalism on the traditionally Roman Catholic continent, Dr