Journal of Latin American Theology, Volume 16, Number 1

Journal of Latin American Theology, Volume 16, Number 1
Author: Lindy Scott
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2021-04-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666704466

This issue of the Journal of Latin American Theology addresses several themes: we continue our up-to-date analysis of Christianity in each country in Latin America; we examine how a Christian community in Central America is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic; and we celebrate the life and ministry of Juan Stam, a giant of a man and in uential member of the FTL who passed into the presence of the Lord on October 16, 2020. Leopoldo Cervantes-Ortiz reviews Juan Stam’s more than seven decades of teaching, writing, and mentorship while Stam’s daughter and editor Rebeca Stam offers a more intimate look at his later life. Luis Carlos Marrero Chasbar helps us understand the complex interplay of the varieties of Christianity in Cuba, then David López discusses how religious persecution has shaped Protestant involvement in the current political arena in Colombia. Tomás Gutiérrez describes the evangelical church in Peru with an eye toward the impact of the coronavirus in the country, and Heidi Michelson and the sisters and brothers of Casa Adobe in Costa Rica share how they walk with God and serve their neighbors in the midst of the pandemic. This volume closes with two samples of theopoetry that re ect on different aspects of the Christian faith in quarantine and a book review of David Kirkpatrick’s A Gospel for the Poor.

La Reforma en América Latina

La Reforma en América Latina
Author: Justo L. González
Publisher: Bestsellers Media
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2017-10-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1945339128

¡Quinientos años no se cumplen todos los días! Con la publicación de este libro, la Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana (AETH) se une a la conmemoración de los 500 años de la Reforma protestante. En este proyecto ha participado un equipo de reconocidos líderes cristianos de América Latina y el Caribe, con amplia trayectoria docente y, en general, en el quehacer teológico contextual y la tarea pastoral. Pero conmemorar no es lo mismo que celebrar. Quien celebra no hace reflexión crítica ni busca cambios, sino que sencillamente se regocija en lo que aconteció. Quien conmemora debidamente no se queda en la celebración, sino que se mueve más allá de ella de tal manera que lo que aconteció en el pasado pueda ser guía y aguijón en el presente. Al cumplirse los 500 años de la Reforma protestante en el siglo XVI, por todas partes hay celebraciones, concentraciones populares y palabras entusiastas acerca de lo que sus líderes hicieron en aquellos días. Pero con eso no basta. La historia, la buena historia, no se escribe solamente desde el pasado, sino también desde el presente que vivimos y a partir del futuro que esperamos. El presente en América Latina requiere una reflexión teológica profunda y un compromiso inquebrantable.

Journal of Latin American Theology, Volume 13, Number 1

Journal of Latin American Theology, Volume 13, Number 1
Author: Lindy Scott
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2018-05-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532652437

This issue of the Journal of Latin American Theology presents a selection of papers from the July 2017 conference, “Where is Protestantism in Latin America Headed? A Future-Oriented, Multidisciplinary Vision 500 Years after the Reformation.” This event was cosponsored by IAPCHE, the FTL, and CETI in Lima, Peru in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. It was a look back, with gratitude to God, for positive contributions in Latin America that can be traced to the Reformation. It was also a sobering recognition of the shortcomings of that renewal movement. Even more importantly, the scholars and practitioners involved proposed faithful steps for Protestant churches in Latin America to take in the foreseeable future. Some forty individuals gathered to explore many angles of the Reformation’s legacy in Latin America, including history, human rights, social justice, aesthetics and literature, church education, ecology and economic sustainability, and communication. The articles included here address Protestantism and Christian higher education, epistemology, autochthonous identity, Anabaptism, and development and decolonialism.

Contextual Theology for Latin America

Contextual Theology for Latin America
Author: Sharon E. Heaney
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2008-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1606080164

In the context of Latin America, the theology of liberation is both dominant and world renowned. However, this context and the pursuit of theological relevance belong also to other voices. Orlando E. Costas, Samuel Escobar, J. Andrew Kirk, Emilio A. Nunez and C. Rene Padilla are thinkers who have sought to bring an evangelical understanding of liberation to the people of Latin America. Despite their influence on national and international theology and despite their transformative contribution to the praxis of churches ministering in contexts of poverty, their thought has not been systematized to dates. This work deals with this lacuna presenting the vitality of Latin American evangelical theology which seeks to be biblical, relevant and missiologically effective, thus offering a liberation which is holistic and grounded in the kingdom of God.