From Conquest to Struggle: Jesus of Nazareth in Latin America

by David Batstone

Book Overview

This book goes to the very heart of the passionate debate over the true character of Christian faith and practice. The advance of liberation theology in the Latin American church has caused international reverberations within both the religious and political worlds. The Vatican was moved to denounce it as heretical, and the Reagan-Bush administration has deemed it a significant threat to the stability of the region. Here Batstone evaluates the writings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791404226
• ISBN13: 9780791404225
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 238 Pages