A Preference for the Poor: Latin American Liberation Theology from a Protestant Perspective Contributor(s): Bahmann, Manfred K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761830537 ISBN-13: 9780761830535 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $48.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2005 Annotation: 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. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Liberation |
Dewey: 230.046 |
LCCN: 2004113393 |
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.94" W x 9" (0.39 lbs) 112 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |