Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor (Ecology & Justice Series)2 reviews
Leonardo Boff

Orbis Books, 1997

Grito da Terra, Grito das povres

+ THROUGH FRANCISCAN SPIRITUALITY THIS HOLY FRIAR EXAMINES OUR DEVASTATION OF NATURE IN HIS NATIVE BRAZIL AND ITS IMPACT ON POOR

Leonardo Boff, the brazilian priest who tried to change those old catholic dogmas describes how human is finishin animal and vegetal life all over the world in the name of welfare. A book that will make us undeerstand how blind we all are.
  
  











  



  
Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism (American Empire ...21 reviews
Greg Grandin

Metropolitan Books, 2006

Great Book

+ Empire's Workshop
+ Time frame and condition was great
+ Enlightening but hard to read
  
  











  



  
Stubborn Hope: Religion, Politics, and Revolution in Central America1 review
Phillip Berryman

New Press, 1994

A connection between faith and political involvement

A brilliantly researched and written chronicle of the struggles of the oppressed poor of Central America. Berryman has adroitly chronicled, over the past three decades, the struggles of the marginal, ethnic poor of Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua against their tyrannical oppressive political ...
  
  











  



  
The Violence of Love12 reviews
Oscar A. Romero

Orbis Books, 2004

TODAY ON THIS ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ASSASSINATION BY US FORCES WE NEED HIS PRAYERS FOR PEACE NOW MORE THAN EVER

+ Romero, Prophet for Our Time
+ The Violence of TRUTH
+ Inspirational
+ Fantastic
  
  











  



  
Jesus Christ Liberator: A Critical Christology for Our Times1 review
Leonardo Boff

Orbis Books, 1978

HAVING KILLED THE MESSENGER LET US CONTEMPLATE THE MESSAGE OF LOVE

Jesus came preaching radical and universal peace and justice and love, and got killed by the earthly and religious powers. The message to love only grew stronger, and wider, and longer. This book brings us tools to know Jesus, and Christ, and to live Christ's love in our present reality of ...
  
  











  



  
A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation (15th Anniversary Edition with New Introduction by ...3 reviews
Gustavo Gutierrez

Orbis Books, 1988

The fundamental book on Liberation Theology

+ Theology of Liberation
+ This is where it started.....

This is the first and probably the most crucial book on Liberation Theology to follow Vatican II and the Medellin conferences. It's not an easy book to read, but it will challenge you, as well as challenge what you think you know about liberation theology. For any student of modern theology ...
  
  











  



  
On the Development of Peoples: Populorum Progressio1 review
Pope Paul VI

United States Catholic Conference, 1987

THE ONE MOST ESSENTIAL DOCUMENT OF OUR AGE

and it is unavailable. Go figure. The capitalist monopoly of our culture? Of our Church? How can this most essential document for humanity's development not be available, and thus not discussed any longer and thus forgotten. We forget at the risk of our devolution into the quagmires we ...
  
  











  



  
Introducing Liberation Theology6 reviews
Leonardo Boff, Clodovis Boff

Orbis Books, 1987

Liberating points of view...

+ accommodation's Great
+ Missing the personal experience

Leonardo and Clodovis Boff are liberation theologians, priests, and brothers who have devoted much of their careers to the pursuit and practice of liberation theology in the church and in the world. Leonardo Boff is a professor in Petropolis, Brazil; Clodovis Boff is a professor in Sao Paulo, ...
  
  











  



  
Liberation Theology1 review
Phillip Berryman

Temple University Press, 1987

Intro to Liberation Theology

From the back cover: "Now, using the plainspoken approach that made his INSIDE CENTRAL AMERICA the indispensable book on current affairs in the region, Phillip Berryman traces the origins, spread, and impact of liberation theology. He shows how its proponents have radically reinterpreted basic ...
  
  











  



  
Introducing Liberation Theology6 reviews
Leonardo Boff, Clodovis Boff

Orbis Books, 1987

Liberating points of view...

+ accommodation's Great
+ Missing the personal experience

Leonardo and Clodovis Boff are liberation theologians, priests, and brothers who have devoted much of their careers to the pursuit and practice of liberation theology in the church and in the world. Leonardo Boff is a professor in Petropolis, Brazil; Clodovis Boff is a professor in Sao Paulo, ...
  
  











  



  
Stubborn Hope: Religion, Politics, and Revolution in Central America1 review
Phillip Berryman

New Press, 1994

A connection between faith and political involvement

A brilliantly researched and written chronicle of the struggles of the oppressed poor of Central America. Berryman has adroitly chronicled, over the past three decades, the struggles of the marginal, ethnic poor of Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua against their tyrannical oppressive political ...
  
  











  



  
Liberation Theology1 review
Phillip Berryman

Temple University Press, 1987

Intro to Liberation Theology

From the back cover: "Now, using the plainspoken approach that made his INSIDE CENTRAL AMERICA the indispensable book on current affairs in the region, Phillip Berryman traces the origins, spread, and impact of liberation theology. He shows how its proponents have radically reinterpreted basic ...
  
  











  



  
Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism (American Empire ...21 reviews
Greg Grandin

Metropolitan Books, 2006

Great Book

+ Empire's Workshop
+ Time frame and condition was great
+ Enlightening but hard to read
  
  











  



  
Jesus Christ Liberator: A Critical Christology for Our Times1 review
Leonardo Boff

Orbis Books, 1978

HAVING KILLED THE MESSENGER LET US CONTEMPLATE THE MESSAGE OF LOVE

Jesus came preaching radical and universal peace and justice and love, and got killed by the earthly and religious powers. The message to love only grew stronger, and wider, and longer. This book brings us tools to know Jesus, and Christ, and to live Christ's love in our present reality of ...
  
  











  



  
On the Development of Peoples: Populorum Progressio1 review
Pope Paul VI

United States Catholic Conference, 1987

THE ONE MOST ESSENTIAL DOCUMENT OF OUR AGE

and it is unavailable. Go figure. The capitalist monopoly of our culture? Of our Church? How can this most essential document for humanity's development not be available, and thus not discussed any longer and thus forgotten. We forget at the risk of our devolution into the quagmires we ...
  
  











  



  
Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor (Ecology & Justice Series)2 reviews
Leonardo Boff

Orbis Books, 1997

Grito da Terra, Grito das povres

+ THROUGH FRANCISCAN SPIRITUALITY THIS HOLY FRIAR EXAMINES OUR DEVASTATION OF NATURE IN HIS NATIVE BRAZIL AND ITS IMPACT ON POOR

Leonardo Boff, the brazilian priest who tried to change those old catholic dogmas describes how human is finishin animal and vegetal life all over the world in the name of welfare. A book that will make us undeerstand how blind we all are.
  
  











  



  
The Violence of Love12 reviews
Oscar A. Romero

Orbis Books, 2004

TODAY ON THIS ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ASSASSINATION BY US FORCES WE NEED HIS PRAYERS FOR PEACE NOW MORE THAN EVER

+ Romero, Prophet for Our Time
+ The Violence of TRUTH
+ Inspirational
+ Fantastic
  
  











  



  
A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation (15th Anniversary Edition with New Introduction by ...3 reviews
Gustavo Gutierrez

Orbis Books, 1988

The fundamental book on Liberation Theology

+ Theology of Liberation
+ This is where it started.....

This is the first and probably the most crucial book on Liberation Theology to follow Vatican II and the Medellin conferences. It's not an easy book to read, but it will challenge you, as well as challenge what you think you know about liberation theology. For any student of modern theology ...