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Remembering Oscar Romero and the Martyrs of El Salvador - A Cloud of Witnesses (Paperback)
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Remembering Oscar Romero and the Martyrs of El Salvador - A Cloud of Witnesses (Paperback)
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With the Beatification of Monsenor Oscar Romero, our current Pope
Francis has asked theologians to consider how we might allow for an
expanded definition for martyrdom in the 21st century. Remembering
Oscar Romero and the Martyrs of El Salvador responds to that
challenge. How do we name Oscar Romero, Rutilio Grande, the U.S.
churchwomen, and the Jesuits and two laywomen killed at the UCA as
martyrs? Is it a new category with a new definition? Or is it
simply an amplification of what we have long considered Christian
witness? While there is a long history of martyrdom in Latin
America, this book elaborates on four case studies for martyrdom
focusing on the reality in El Salvador: Rutilio Grande, S.J. killed
in 1977, Archbishop Oscar Romero killed in 1980, the U.S.
churchwomen killed in 1980, and the six members of the UCA Jesuit
community and their two female collaborators killed in 1989.
Insights from the work of Jon Sobrino illuminate these case
studies. First, his Christological insights from Jesus the
Liberator and Christ the Liberator are used to analyze the reality
of martyrdom, particularly in reference to the terms martyr,
crucified people, and martyred people. Second, his more recent
articles challenge a strict interpretation of the traditional
definition of martyrdom, especially focusing on his terms Jesuanic
martyr, a martyr for justice, and even a more polemic suggestion of
an anonymous Christian martyr. Finally, the book concludes by
combining Sobrino's insights and the reality of martyrdom today,
updated with the recent scholarship in Romero's beatification
process which attempts to show Romero as a martyr. In the end, the
book hopes to offer some suggestions for an expanded definition of
martyrdom in the 21st century. By responding to the call of Pope
Francis for an expanded definition, the reality of martyrdom in
Latin America might be better understood and applied to the
universal church.
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