Latin American Liberation Theology (Religion in the Americas) - Softcover

Tombs, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0391041819 ISBN 13: 9780391041813

Publisher: Brill, 2003

Synopsis

David Tombs offers an accessible introduction to the theological challenges raised by Latin American Liberation from its emergence in the 1960s to its ‘decade of crisis’ in the 1990s. This work traces the distinct developments of liberation thought through the decades, and is crucial to understanding liberation theology and its legacies.

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About the Author:

David Tombs is a Political Theologian working in Belfast as Lecturer in Reconciliation Studies for the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin. He has degrees from Oxford University, Union Theological Seminary New York, and London University.

Review:

'This well-written book stands as a significant contribution to liberation theology. In five parts, Tombs chronologically and contextually situates the development and maturation of the discipline in a way that allows students to access and appropriate it. The work is synthetic in that it integrates the sociological, political, historical, and economic realities of Latin America into a survey of both theological and philosophical developments. Two bonuses for the teacher-scholar are the extensive footnotes and excellent bibliography... [Tombs's] masterful interweaving of the social, economic, historical, political, theological, and philosophical realities provides a deeper understanding of the history of Latin America... [Tombs] knows the issues and the debates and discusses them comprehensively.'
Thomas M. Kelly, Theological Studies, June 2004.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0391041819
• ISBN 13: 9780391041813
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334