Overview
In the past one hundred years alone, more than 200 million people have been killed as a consequence of systematic repression, political revolutions, or ethnic or religious war. The legacy of such violence lingers long after the immediate conflict. Drawing on the author's experiences of his native El Salvador, Liberation through Reconciliation builds on Jon Sobrino's thought to construct a Christian spirituality and theology of reconciliation that overcomes conflict by attending to the demands of truth, justice, and forgiveness.
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Author: O. Ernesto Valiente
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Imprint: Fordham University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.431kg
ISBN: 9780823268870
ISBN 10: 082326887
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 December 2015
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Ernesto Valiente has uncovered new riches in the spirituality of Jon Sobrino and given new texture to the discussion of reconciliation in Latin America. This book is an important contribution to the further development of the theology of liberation today. -Robert Schreiter, Catholic Theological Union This is an excellent, original, and important scholarly work. Without being apologetic or controversial, and without getting lost in a maze of abstractions or repetitions, Valiente accurately traces how Jon Sobrino interweaves the disciplines of theology, the themes of liberation and reconciliation, and the method and import of Christian spirituality. Hands down, Liberation through Reconciliation represents the most complete and in-depth assessment yet written of one of the most important Catholic theologians in the world. -Kevin F. Burke, S.J., Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University
In this excellent book, I appreciate especially the architecture of the theological reflection. Valiente departs from a painful historical event-a civil war, which is the worst of all wars because of the many sequelae it leaves-to put forward an interpretation of reconciliation that responds to the festering wounds that take so long to heal. The book steers clear from facile wishings for peace and reconciliation and goes to what is essential in the Christian life: what Jon Sobrino calls the principle of mercy. Step by step, the book delves more deeply into its underpinning theological foundation to weave together, with clarity and novelty, Sobrino's spirituality and Christology. -- -Gustavo Gutierrez, O.P. This book skillfully takes up the theological tools forged by Jon Sobrino and extends their reach by articulating a theology and spirituality of reconciliation that confronts honestly, even painfully, situations of conflict, oppression and suffering today. What is the future of liberation theology? Books like this one and the praxis that it details. -- -Matthew Ashley University of Notre Dame Ernesto Valiente has uncovered new riches in the spirituality of Jon Sobrino and given new texture to the discussion of reconciliation in Latin America. This book is an important contribution to the further development of the theology of liberation today. -- -Robert Schreiter Catholic Theological Union
Ernesto Valiente has uncovered new riches in the spirituality of Jon Sobrino and given new texture to the discussion of reconciliation in Latin America. This book is an important contribution to the further development of the theology of liberation today. --Robert Schreiter, Catholic Theological Union
In this excellent book, I appreciate especially the architecture of the theological reflection. Valiente departs from a painful historical event-a civil war, which is the worst of all wars because of the many sequelae it leaves-to put forward an interpretation of reconciliation that responds to the festering wounds that take so long to heal. The book steers clear from facile wishings for peace and reconciliation and goes to what is essential in the Christian life: what Jon Sobrino calls the principle of mercy. Step by step, the book delves more deeply into its underpinning theological foundation to weave together, with clarity and novelty, Sobrino's spirituality and Christology. -- -Gustavo Gutierrez, O.P. This book skillfully takes up the theological tools forged by Jon Sobrino and extends their reach by articulating a theology and spirituality of reconciliation that confronts honestly, even painfully, situations of conflict, oppression and suffering today. What is the future of liberation theology? Books like this one and the praxis that it details. -- -Matthew Ashley * University of Notre Dame * Ernesto Valiente has uncovered new riches in the spirituality of Jon Sobrino and given new texture to the discussion of reconciliation in Latin America. This book is an important contribution to the further development of the theology of liberation today. -- -Robert Schreiter * Catholic Theological Union *
Author Information
O. Ernesto Valiente is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. He has published ""Renewing the Theology of Martyrdom,"" Irish Theological Quarterly 79 (2014), ""From Conflict to Reconciliation: Discipleship in the Theology of Jon Sobrino"" Theological Studies 74 (2013) and ""From Utopia to Eu-topia: The Mediation of Christian Hope in History,"" in Hope: Promise, Possibility, and Fulfillment.
