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Ignacio Ellacuria: Essays on History, Liberation, and Salvation
Essays by a modern Jesuit martyr challenge the way that theology should be done and the gospel should be lived.
Ignacio Ellacuría, a Spanish Jesuit theologian, philosopher, and rector of the University of Central America in San Salvador, was one of the key intellectual authors of liberation theology. On November 16, 1989 he and other members of the Jesuit community of the university were massacred by Salvadoran army troops. This volume offers twelve important essays by Ellacuría, at last providing English-speaking readers with a comprehensive introduction to his theological thought. Traditional topics such as Christology, ecclesiology, theological method, and spirituality are interwoven with reflections on colonialism, liberation, religion and politics, the philosophy of Xavier Zubiri, and the legacy of Archbishop Oscar Romero in a volume that not only chronicles the thought of one of the most fertile minds of the last century, but challenges the way theology should be carried out for the century to come.
Ignacio Ellacuría, a Spanish Jesuit theologian, philosopher, and rector of the University of Central America in San Salvador, was one of the key intellectual authors of liberation theology. On November 16, 1989 he and other members of the Jesuit community of the university were massacred by Salvadoran army troops. This volume offers twelve important essays by Ellacuría, at last providing English-speaking readers with a comprehensive introduction to his theological thought. Traditional topics such as Christology, ecclesiology, theological method, and spirituality are interwoven with reflections on colonialism, liberation, religion and politics, the philosophy of Xavier Zubiri, and the legacy of Archbishop Oscar Romero in a volume that not only chronicles the thought of one of the most fertile minds of the last century, but challenges the way theology should be carried out for the century to come.
309 pages, Paperback
First published May 9, 2013
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September 17, 2020
Ellacuria is not light reading. At points almost impenetrably dense with philosophical and theological minutiae, his work is not for the faint of heart, or easily distracted. Yet within that density lies an understanding of the biblical and Christian witness that is revolutionary and at times simply awe-inspiring in its hope and faith that the Reign of God proclaimed and initiated by Jesus is an ongoing salvific historical event that requires the centering of the poor and oppressed in all theological and practical understanding of gospel living and praxis. Ellacuria paid for his provocative and revolutionary ideas with his life. His dedication to the poor and oppressed of his country to the point of giving his life for them permeates this collection of essays with real weight and import.
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