Gustavo Gutierrez

This is a collection of writings by Gustavo Gutiérrez OP (1928–2024), known as the ‘Father of Liberation Theology, that may have escaped from the horizon when examining his work over the years. It brings together some early pieces on Liberation Theology which show the implicit link with the Jocist, Cardijn inspired, lay movement tradition in the Catholic Church from his time as a chaplain to tertiary students in Peru in the post Vatican II Church. It was at this time at an international meeting of the international tertiary Catholic student movement that he met Albert Nolan OP where Nolan says he was introduced to the ‘See, Judge Act’ method of the Cardjin inspired lay movements. While it appears Gutiérrez never wrote about the connection between Liberation Theology and the influence of the student movement, the links are there.