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Description: U.S. audiences know Latin American liberation
theologies largely through translations of Latin American Catholics
from the 1970s and beyond. Most of the few known Protestant authors
were students of Richard Shaull, whose critical thinking on social
change, prophetic Christianity, and dialogue with Marxism and
Christian use of Marxist analysis precedes the emergence of the
formal schools of liberation theology by two decades. His own
education at Princeton, and the education he provided in Brazil,
charts the course of Protestant influences into this stream of
theological reflection that became a global phenomenon in the
latter decades of the twentieth century. Also, Shaull's career
roughly parallels the emergence of the World Council of Churches
and the engagement of the Catholic Church--in Latin America and
around the world--after the Second Vatican Council. He himself was
engaged, and became the flash point, in some of the major
conferences, movements, and institutions of the 1960s and beyond.
Santiago-Vendrell documents the entrance of the ecumenical movement
in Brazil, among the most dramatic transformations in
Catholic-Protestant relations around the globe, as well as Shaull's
role in that development. Along the way he notes Shaull's prophetic
and destabilizing role in the worldwide student movement in the 60s
and 70s, charting decisions that mark the ecumenical movement.
Shaull's contributions are important for an understanding of the
ethical debates in the worldwide, ecumenical Protestant and
Orthodox communities. Santiago-Vendrell examines primary,
secondary, and historical documents that shine a light on Shaull's
transformation into a contextual theologian of the poor. He offers
a definitive view of this North American Protestant missionary who
wrote extensively on Latin American liberation theology, the base
Christian communities, and how conversion to solidarity with the
poor offers transforming possibilities for the mainline churches'
theological identity and practical faith. Endorsements: ""Long
before there was such a thing as liberation theology, the
'revolutionary theology' of Presbyterian missionary Richard Shaull
was heralding a new and more just world born out of solidarity with
the poor and the oppressed. This biography of Shaull fills a gap in
understanding a complex man who sought to hold the church
accountable while inspiring Christians to a more radical and
biblical form of social engagement. A wonderful adventure in
contextual theology."" --Bryan Stone E. Stanley Jones Professor of
Evangelism Boston University School of Theology ""We can be
grateful to Dr. Santiago-Vendrell for making available to us a
story that has required research in both Spanish language and
American resources not widely available to the U.S. reading public.
Probably nothing has done more to change perspectives on U.S.
foreign policy and journalistic knowledge about the realities of
Latin American politics and the plight of its peoples than the
presence of U.S. missionaries during the crucial mid-decades of the
twentieth century. This theological biography will be as
interesting to those concerned about interAmerican politics and
economic policy as it will be to theologians and church
historians."" --Jeffrey Gros Distinguished Professor of Ecumenical
and Historical Theology Memphis Theological Seminary About the
Contributor(s): Angel D. Santiago-Vendrell (ThD Boston University)
is Assistant Professor of Mission and World Christianity at Memphis
Theological Seminary.
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