A Preference for the Poor by Manfred K. Bahmann - 9780761830535

A Preference for the PoorLatin American Liberation Theology from a Protestant Perspective\nAuthor(s): Manfred K. Bahmann\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of America, United States\nImprint: University Press of America\nISBN-13: 9780761830535, 978-0761830535\nSynopsis\nA Preference for the Poor tells the story of Latin American Liberation Theology in a succinct and scholarly, yet readable way. Author Manfred Bahmann highlights the emphases of major Latin American liberation theologians; the rise of military dictatorships; the pope's course correction in his 1975 encyclica \""Evangelii Nuntiandi,\"" fleshed out at the 1979 Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) conference in Puebla; and the movement's decline with the collapse of world Marxism. Following a description of the phenomenal growth of Pentecostalism on the traditionally Roman Catholic continent, Dr. Bahmann posits a Protestant view of a new Liberation Theology built on a spiritual foundation for Christian beli.