Samuel Escobar

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  In Search Of Christ In Latin America

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  Noted theologian Samuel Escobar offers a magisterial survey and study 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 Christ in 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 America 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 of theological 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

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  New Global Missions

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  Escobar has produced a highly readable introduction to Christian mission as well as a cogently presented biblical missiology in this important volume. Taking into account the new realities and challenges of globalization in this post-Christian and postmodern world, Escobar utilizes trinitarian theology in order to construct a holistic and relevant theology of mission. An informative and inspiring work, addressing our contemporary situation, yet calling us to participate in the global mission of the triune God.

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