{"product_id":"in-search-of-christ-in-samuel-escobar-9780830851867","title":"In Search of Christ in Latin America: From Colonial Image to Liberating Savior","description":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eTen Outstanding Books in Mission Studies, World Christianity and Intercultural Theology for 2019 -- International Bulletin of Mission Research (IBMR)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoted 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, \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Christ in Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eEn busca de Cristo en Am駻ica Latina\u003c\/i\u003e, for the first time in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers theological, historical, and cultural analysis of Latin American understandings of Christ\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscusses the sixteenth-century Spanish Christ, popular religiosity, and developed theological reflection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers the full spectrum of theological traditions in Latin America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines the figure of Jesus Christ in the context of Latin American culture of the twentieth century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlaces liberation theology within its social and revolutionary context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Escobar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0830851860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780830851867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e IVP Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Samuel Escobar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44540346401023,"sku":"9780830851867","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f86774fc-42f6-47de-8671-598918ef5583.jpg?v=1700587388","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-search-of-christ-in-samuel-escobar-9780830851867","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}