Samuel Escobar Search of Christ in Latin America

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Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies, World Christianity and Intercultural Theology for 2019 - International Bulletin of Mission Research (IBMR)In Search of Christ in Latin AmericaEn busca de Cristo en America LatinaOffers theological, historical, and cultural analysis of Latin American understandings of ChristDiscusses the sixteenth-century Spanish Christ, popular religiosity, and developed theological reflectionCovers the full spectrum of theological traditions in Latin AmericaExamines the figure of Jesus Christ in the context of Latin American culture of the twentieth centuryPlaces liberation theology within its social and revolutionary context