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The Ground Beneath the Cross - The Theology of Ignacio Ellacuria (Paperback)
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The Ground Beneath the Cross - The Theology of Ignacio Ellacuria (Paperback)
Series: Moral Traditions series
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This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the thought of
Ignacio Ellacuria, the Jesuit philosopher - theologian martyred for
his work on behalf of Latin America's oppressed people. While
serving as president of the Jesuit-run University of Central
America in the midst of El Salvador's brutal civil war, Ellacuria
was also a prolific writer. His advocacy on behalf of the country's
persecuted majority provoked the enmity of the Salvadoran political
establishment. On November 16, 1989, members of the Salvadoran
military entered the university's campus and murdered Ellacuria,
along with five other Jesuit priests and two women. Kevin F. Burke,
SJ, shows why Ellacuria is significant not only as a martyr but
also as a theologian. Ellacuria effectively integrated philosophy,
history, anthropology, and sociopolitical analysis into his
theological reflections on salvation, spirituality, and the church
to create an original contribution to liberation theology.
Ellacuria's writings directly address one of the most vexing issues
in theology today: can theologians account for the demands arising
from both the particularity of their various social-historical
situations and also the universal claims of Christian revelation?
Burke explains how Ellacuria bases theology in a philosophy of
historical reality - the "Ground Beneath the Cross" - and
interprets the suffering of "the crucified people" in the light of
Jesus' crucifixion. Ellacuria thus inserts the theological
realities of salvation and transcendence squarely within the course
of human events, and he connects these to the Christian mandate to
"take the crucified people down from their crosses". Placing
Ellacuria's thought in the context of historical trends within the
Roman Catholic Church, particularly Vatican II and the rise of
liberation theology in Latin America, Burke argues that Ellacuria
makes a distinctive contribution to contemporary Catholic theology.
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