Latin American Theology SS202 and author of thirty books

and author of thirty books including Lazarus Come Forth

even at the cost of losing one's own power and privilege

in the lives of those of us who look to Scripture for inspiration

Executive Director

Latin American Theology SS202 and author of thirty booksWith the emergence of liberation theology in the 1970s, Latin American theology made a bold entrance on the world scene. The immediate roots of this theology were in the efforts of the Latin American bishops at the Medellin Conference in 1968 to reflect on the implications of the Second Vatican Council for a continent marked by poverty and social injustice. That conference charted a new preferential option for the poor, and it also fostered a new