Gustavo Guti rrez and the Liberative Sight of Christ

by Luke Foster

Overview

How can we speak of God as Father in a world that is inhumane? While many engagements with Gutiérrez's theology centre on such themes as the option for the poor, the role of praxis, or the Kingdom of God, in Gustavo Gutiérrez and the Liberative Sight of Christ Luke Foster explores the underlying theological convictions and commitments within which these concepts cohere. By developing an analysis that is attentive to the unity and coherence of Gutiérrez's thought, Foster resources a critique that is distinctive not only in its pertinence but also in the possibilities that it opens for the development of his project in the future. Innovatively offering a systemic account of Gutiérrez's theology, this book offers both an indispensable overview for those who are engaging with Gutiérrez for the first time and a distinctive analysis for those who are seeking to deepen their understanding of his work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780334066101
Publisher:	Hymns Ancient & Modern
Publication date:	06/28/2024
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Revd Dr Luke Foster is a curate and part-time tutor for the Cornhill Training Course, having spent seven years in Chile teaching at the Centre for Pastoral Studies.

Table of Contents

1: Introduction Part One: A World Made Inhumane: Liberation and the History of Salvation 2: Telling the Human Story 3: Reading the Human Story 4: Christ and the Humanity Before Whom We Speak Part Two: How to Speak of God: Liberation Through Faithful Praxis 5: The Creation of a new humanity Through Faithful Praxis 6: The Faithful Praxis Through which a New Humanity is Forged 7: Christ and the Liberation of Humanity Through Faithful Praxis Part Three: Proclaiming God as Father: Liberation and Utopia 8: The Liberation of Utopia 9: Liberation and the Humanity that ‘is not here’ 10: Conclusion Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

"Foster invites us to listen carefully to Gutiérrez’s voice and to reflect on ‘what it means to be a church in Christ’. This is a beautifully written and persuasively argued case for seeing Gutiérrez’s work as a liberative gift to the global church."

David Tombs

Luke Foster offers a fresh systematic reading of Gustavo Gutiérrez’s thought through the lens of Christological anthropology. Foster approaches Gutiérrez neither as uncritical follower nor as polemical critic, but as a theologian from a different ecclesial tradition seeking to discern and reflect on the shape of Gutiérrez’ thought as a whole. With his volume reception of Gutierrez, it seems to me, enters into a new phase.

Karen Kilby

"An exciting, moving, critical, and competent analysis of Gustavo Gutiérrez’ contribution to a theology of the poor and the ‘inhumane world’, by a Christian who has been in the October 2019 Chilean trenches of petrol bombs, fire, and ocular trauma! A must read for all pastors and theologians at the trenches of global violence, poverty, and inhuman justice today!"

Mario I. Aguilar