One of the premier representatives of orthodox evangelicalism in Latin America, C. René Padilla here offers a Latin American perspective on the different aspects of the mission of the church. / All mission must proceed in the context of the principles of the whole of the Kingdom of God, says Padilla, and that entails an evangelical fully integrated with a concern for social responsibility. While Padilla shares many of the concerns voiced by liberation theologians, he nevertheless rejects liberation theology on the grounds that it has become a secular ideology that is distant from the true gospel imperative. / Heartfelt and incisive, this book will be valuable to anyone interested in missiology, the church in Latin America, or an evangelical perspective on the issues that have given rise to liberation theology.

Mission Between the Times: Essays on the Kingdom

Religion & Spirituality

Padilla, C. René

Christian Books & Bibles

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Noted theologian Samuel Escobar offers a magisterial survey and study of Christology in Latin America. Starting with the first Spanish influence and moving through popular religiosity and liberationist themes in Catholic and Protestant thought of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, In Search of Christ in Latin America culminates in an important description of the work of the Latin American Theological Fraternity (FTL). Escobar chronologically traces the journey of Latin American Christology and describes the milestones along the way toward a rich understanding of the spiritual reality and powerful message of Jesus. IVP Academic is pleased to release this important work, originally published in Spanish as En busca de Cristo en América Latina, for the first time in English. 
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<li>Offers theological, historical, and cultural analysis of Latin American understandings of Christ</li>
<li>Discusses the sixteenth-century Spanish Christ, popular religiosity, and developed theological reflection</li>
<li>Covers the full spectrum of theological traditions in Latin America</li>
<li>Examines the figure of Jesus Christ in the context of Latin American culture of the twentieth century</li>
<li>Places liberation theology within its social and revolutionary context</li>
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In Search of Christ in Latin America: From Colonial Image to Liberating Savior

History

Escobar, Samuel

Americas

IVP Academic

_Over these last years, the integral mission movement has flourished admirably, in Latin America and around the world -- especially in the Majority World. Testimonies of its proliferation are the Micah Network and Red del Camino para la Mision Integral en America Latina (The Way Network for Integral Mission in Latin America), two organisations I have had the honour of directing. Of course, there is still a lot of work to be done to get the majority of local churches around the world to commit to transforming the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. However, we can only praise God for the progress we have seen in the practice of integral mission. We will be satisfied if this publication contributes to extending and deepening that practice even more. _

What Is Integral Mission? (Global Voices: Latin America)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Fortress Press

René Padilla is one of the premier representatives of orthodox evangelicalism in Latin America. He has consistently championed integral mission, a holistic understanding of Christian mission in which there is no artificial barrier between evangelisation and social responsibility. Biblical, faithful to Scripture, contemporary and inspirational, the core message of this updated classic remains just as urgent as when it was first published twenty-five years ago (Eerdmans, 1985). This revised version includes a new essay on the contemporary history of integral mission, a history that began with the Latin American Theological Fellowship, progressed within the Lausanne Movement, is bearing fruit globally through the Micah Network, and challenges evangelicals to address the major issues of our day.

Langham Global Library

Porque el mundo cambió. Y sigue cambiando. Porque el dolor cambió. Y duele igual que siempre, pero con causas nuevas y cada día más perversas. Porque crecen el hambre y la sed de compasión, de consuelo, de amor y compañía. Por eso es necesario volver a pensar la misión. Y por muchas razones más. Porque no es justo responder con fórmulas gastadas a los desafíos que nos propone un Dios creativo. Porque cada generación de cristianos tiene el deber de actualizar los modos de su fidelidad al llamado de Jesús. Porque están cambiando los idiomas, los códigos y las preguntas que el prójimo nos hace. Porque tenemos un camino andado, del cual es obligación aprender, para persistir, pero también para rectificar. Y sobre todo, porque existe un pueblo increíblemente valioso, amado y amoroso, deseoso de obedecer a Dios, y capaz de curar heridas y de bendecir todavía al mundo de muchas y renovadas maneras. Por todo eso celebramos que aparezcan estos textos. Pensados y pulidos durante años por René Padilla, un reconocido teólogo y querido maestro que sigue inspirando a una generación tras otra. Deseamos que el Señor bendiga y multiplique esta semilla. Que las ideas presentadas, y las preguntas que se ofrecen para alentar la reflexión, resulten en un crecimiento sano y genuino de iglesias y grupos, y de cada corazón honesto en busca de respuestas.

Una iglesia capaz de volver a pensar la misión (Spanish Edition)

Ediciones Kairos

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Mission Between the Times: Essays on the Kingdom

In Search of Christ in Latin America: From Colonial Image to Liberating Savior

What Is Integral Mission? (Global Voices: Latin America)

Mission Between the Times: Essays on the Kingdom

Una iglesia capaz de volver a pensar la misión (Spanish Edition)