Latin American Liberation Theology.(Book Review)

From: Theological Studies | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

LATIN AMERICAN LIBERATION THEOLOGY. By David Tombs. Boston: Brill, 2002. Pp. 334. $39.95

This well-written book stands as a significant contribution to liberation theology. In five parts, Tombs chronologically and contextually situates the development and maturation of the discipline in a way that allows students to access and appropriate it. The work is synthetic in that it integrates the sociological, political, historical, and economic realities of Latin America into a survey of both theological and philosophical developments. Two bonuses for the teacher-scholar are the ...

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