The PH.D. dissertation of Samuel Escobar. This volume analyzes the life and pedagogy of the Brazilian Paulo Freire. Freire himself claimed "the author has penetrated into my thinking...even when he criticizes me."
J. Samuel Escobar Aguirre was a Peruvian evangelical theologian, missiologist, educator, and author, known for his influential role in shaping Latin American evangelical theology and global evangelical engagement with social justice. A founding leader of the Latin American Theological Fellowship (Spanish: Fraternidad Teológica Latinoamericana), Escobar was widely recognized as a key architect of contextual theology in Latin America and a vocal advocate for integrating evangelical faith with sociopolitical responsibility.