In Search of Christ in Latin America: From Colonial Image to Liberating Savior

Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies, World Christianity and Intercultural Theology for 2019―International Bulletin of Mission Research

Noted theologian Samuel Escobar offers a magisterial survey andstudy 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 Christin 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. IVP Academic is pleased to release this important work, originally published in Spanish as En busca de Cristo en América Latina, for the first time in English.

• Offers theological, historical, and cultural analysis of Latin American understandings of Christ
• Discusses the sixteenth-century Spanish Christ, popular religiosity, and developed theological reflection
• Covers the full spectrum oftheological traditions in Latin America
• Examines the figure of Jesus Christ in the context of Latin American culture of the twentieth century
• Places liberation theology within its social and revolutionary context

Samuel Escobar (1934-2025), a native of Peru and a leading Latin American theologian, was one of the key participants in the 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization at Lausanne, Switzerland. He was professor emeritus of missiology at Palmer Theological Seminary and a past president of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. His books include The New Global Mission and La Palabra: Vida de la Iglesia.