Jesus the Liberator centers around three questions: the methodology of Latin American Christology; the message and mission of Jesus; and the circumstances and meaning of his suffering and death. Sobrino's starting point is the suffering poor of El Salvador — one of the “crucified peoples” of history. As Sobrino demonstrates, this vantage point reveals a different face of Christ, and consequently demands a different mode of discipleship. Rather than an “abstract” Christ who identifies with the powerful and counsels passive acceptance of unjust suffering, the poor have discovered a new image of Christ as “the Liberator,” one who lived and died in service of God's kingdom in history.
Jesus the Liberator centers around three questions: the methodology of Latin American Christology; the message and mission of Jesus; and the circumstances and meaning of his suffering and death. Sobrino's starting point is the suffering poor of El Salvador — one of the “crucified peoples” of history. As Sobrino demonstrates, this vantage point reveals a different face of Christ, and consequently demands a different mode of discipleship. Rather than an “abstract” Christ who identifies with the powerful and counsels passive acceptance of unjust suffering, the poor have discovered a new image of Christ as “the Liberator,” one who lived and died in service of God's kingdom in history.
Jesus the Liberator: A Historical-Theological Reading of Jesus of Nazareth
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Jesus the Liberator: A Historical-Theological Reading of Jesus of Nazareth
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780883449301 |
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| Publisher: | Orbis Books |
| Publication date: | 12/31/1996 |
| Series: | Theology and Liberation Series |
| Edition description: | Revised Edition |
| Pages: | 308 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.13(w) x 9.15(h) x 0.91(d) |