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Latin American Liberation Theology: The Next Generation.

Publication: Theological Studies
Publication Date: 01-DEC-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Latin American Liberation Theology: The Next Generation.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
LATIN AMERICAN LIBERATION THEOLOGY: THE NEXT GENERATION. Edited by Ivan Petrella. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 2005. Pp. xxii + 177. $24.

Observers claimed that the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the death knell for Latin American theology as well as for socialism. Theological students in the 1990s found themselves asking whether this radical theology had lost its relevance and had died. Eight contributors to this volume maintain that liberation theology in Latin American lives and flourishes, demonstrating that a "next generation" affirms liberation theology's foundational principles and method, while it deepens or reinterprets core concepts as it engages today's regional and global issues. In his fine introduction, Ivan Petrella unequivocally defends the...

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