Liberation Theology and the Others

Christian Büschges is professor of history and head of the Department of Iberian and Latin American History at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Andrea Müller is postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Iberian and Latin American History at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Noah Oehri is associate researcher at the Department of Iberian and Latin American History at the University of Bern, Switzerland.

• Table of Content1.Introduction: Liberation Theology and the Other(s)Christian Büschges, Andrea Müller and Noah OehriPart 1: Representing the Poor 2.The anthropological pastor: Liberation theology and the social representation of Andean rural communities (1950s-1980s)Christian Büschges3.The Andean Pastoral Institute (IPA) and the Others: Social Science, Pastoral and Liberation Theology in the Peruvian Highlands Rolando Iberico Ruiz4.Making Liberation Theology Indigenous: The Seminario Regional del Sureste (SERESURE) and Indigenous Mexico, 1969-1990 Eben Levey 5.Missionary or Revolutionary? Bishop Gerardo Valencia Cano and the Emergence of an Afro-American Liberation Theology in Buenaventura, Colombia Aline Helg6.Indigenous Theologies in Abya Yala: Its Repercussions on Progressive Policies in Latin America Josef EstermannPart 2: Pastoral Innovation7.Evangelization as Civic Activism: Discerning and Embodying the Jesuit Social Apostolate in the Urban Outskirts of Lima (Peru,

Liberation theology is the most original and impactful theological movement of the last 50 years. This book offers an important interdisciplinary study (sociological, anthropological, theological) of its ecclesial, social, political, indigenist and women's rights implications in different countries of Latin America. This is done with special attention to the option for the poor, pastoral innovations and local as well as global connections. The book is particularly recommendable because of its interdisciplinary perspective.