Latin American Theology: Roots and Branches

by Maria Clara Bingemer

With the emergence of liberation theology in the 1970s, Latin American theology made a bold entrance on the world scene. The immediate roots of this theology were in the efforts of the Latin American bishops at the Medellin Conference in 1968 to reflect on the implications of the Second Vatican Council for a continent marked by poverty and social injustice. That conference charted a new “preferential option for the poor,” and it also fostered a new method of theology, rooted in the experience and perspective of those on the margins.

128 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2016

About the author

Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer Ph.D., (Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome) is professor in the Theology Department of Pontifical Catholic University (Pontifícia Universidade Católica) of Rio de Janeiro working in the area of systematic theology.