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Author : Emily Wade Will
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498283557

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Archbishop Oscar Romero by Emily Wade Will Pdf

Who is Oscar Romero, assassinated in 1980 while saying mass, beatified by Pope Francis in 2015, a man Latin Americans already claim as Saint Romero of America? This biography, a Romero primer, sets out to answer this question for the general public ages fifteen up--readers who may know little about El Salvador, Romero's homeland, or the Roman Catholic Church. Based on interviews with some of Romero's seminary mates and siblings, this title reveals not-yet-published information to fill gaps in Romero's first twenty-five years of life. One chapter explores the archbishop's surprising relationship with "misguided" young adults. The author takes painstaking effort to convey the context in which this old-school cleric emerged as an audacious voice of the voiceless. That he did so is remarkable; Vatican officials named him archbishop confident he would remain silent, rein in activism, and ruffle no status-quo feathers. How and why Romero defied expectations ranks among the most compelling faith stories of the late twentieth century. Jose Inocencio Alas honors this work with a foreword. A former priest and colleague of Romero who narrowly survived abduction and torture by El Salvador's notorious National Guard, Alas has exclaimed, "I hope just about everyone in the world reads this book."

Author : Robert S. Pelton
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498509527

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Archbishop Romero and Spiritual Leadership in the Modern World by Robert S. Pelton Pdf

Archbishop Romero and Spiritual Leadership in the Modern World presents a contemporary and integrated understanding of one of the most remarkable pastoral leaders of our time. This bishop, Oscar Romero of El Salvador, experienced deeply the overwhelming sufferings of the Salvadoran people, as well as those within himself. He cried out in vain to Presidents Carter and Reagan, “no more arms to El Salvador,” but his pleas were not heard at that time. Knowing that he would soon be murdered, Romero promised that he would rise again in the Salvadoran people. This book illustrates how this is happening and conclusively demonstrates that by respecting transparency and with dogged perseverance, a nonviolent public leader can become an influential leader, even in times of the most savage repression and marginalization. Archbishop Romero accomplished precisely that through determination, courage, and honing his public skills, while simultaneously conducting himself in deeply spiritual ways.

Author : Kevin Clarke
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780814637821

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Oscar Romero by Kevin Clarke Pdf

People of God is a brand new series of inspiring biographies for the general reader. Each volume offers a compelling and honest narrative of the life of an important twentieth or twenty-first century Catholic. Some living and some now deceased, each of these women and men have known challenges and weaknesses familiar to most of us, but responded to them in ways that call us to our own forms of heroism. Each of them offers a credible and concrete witness of faith, hope, and love to people of our own day. With the cause for his beatification reportedly moving along rapidly now at the Vatican, this biography of a people’s saint traces the events leading up to the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero at a chapel altar in San Salvador and the reverberations of that day in El Salvador and beyond. This in-depth look at Archbishop Romero, the pastor-defender of the poor and great witness of the faith, offers a prism through which to view a Catholic understanding of liberation and how to be a church of the poor, for the poor, as Pope Francis calls us to be.

Author : Ana María Pineda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 194390104X

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Romero & Grande by Ana María Pineda Pdf

On February 14, 2015, Pope Francis announced the beatification of Salvadoran martyr Archbishop Óscar Romero who was murdered while presiding at Mass in 1980. Three years before his murder, Rutilio Grande, Jesuit priest and friend of the Archbishop, was also murdered for the same offense--speaking up for the poor and vulnerable.Until this book, the stories about these men have grown elusive and vague. Now, Salvadoran native Ana María Pineda once again catapults these martyrs into our collective consciences through a story that is both significantly personal and painstakingly researched during multiple trips to her homeland where she discovered surprising facts very "close to home."

Author : John Thiede
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498537995

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Remembering Oscar Romero and the Martyrs of El Salvador by John Thiede Pdf

With the Beatification of Monseñor Oscar Romero, our current Pope Francis has asked theologians to consider how we might allow for an expanded definition for martyrdom in the 21st century. Remembering Oscar Romero and the Martyrs of El Salvador responds to that challenge. How do we name Oscar Romero, Rutilio Grande, the U.S. churchwomen, and the Jesuits and two laywomen killed at the UCA as martyrs? Is it a new category with a new definition? Or is it simply an amplification of what we have long considered Christian witness? While there is a long history of martyrdom in Latin America, this book elaborates on four case studies for martyrdom focusing on the reality in El Salvador: Rutilio Grande, S.J. killed in 1977, Archbishop Oscar Romero killed in 1980, the U.S. churchwomen killed in 1980, and the six members of the UCA Jesuit community and their two female collaborators killed in 1989. Insights from the work of Jon Sobrino illuminate these case studies. First, his Christological insights from Jesus the Liberator and Christ the Liberator are used to analyze the reality of martyrdom, particularly in reference to the terms martyr, crucified people, and martyred people. Second, his more recent articles challenge a strict interpretation of the traditional definition of martyrdom, especially focusing on his terms Jesuanic martyr, a martyr for justice, and even a more polemic suggestion of an anonymous Christian martyr. Finally, the book concludes by combining Sobrino's insights and the reality of martyrdom today, updated with the recent scholarship in Romero's beatification process which attempts to show Romero as a martyr. In the end, the book hopes to offer some suggestions for an expanded definition of martyrdom in the 21st century. By responding to the call of Pope Francis for an expanded definition, the reality of martyrdom in Latin America might be better understood and applied to the universal church.

Author : Joshua Hyles
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443873901

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Inter-American Relations by Joshua Hyles Pdf

This volume is a collection of essays presented at the 20th annual Eugene Scassa Mock Organization of American States conference, which is the nation’s only “hybrid” conference including an inter-collegiate competition and simulation of the Organization of American States, a moot court simulation of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and a traditional academic conference for faculty and graduate students centered on the study of Inter-American relations and politics within the Western Hemisphere. The conference invited recognized authorities and promising new scholars in the vastly varied fields associated with Latin American studies. Taking a broad view of the academic study of the Western Hemisphere, the conference and, subsequently, this volume includes research from fields as diverse as international law, spatial geography, literature, religion, political science, and history. Taken together, these essays provide a fascinating multi-dimensional look at the intricate relationships between the polities and cultures of the Americas.

Author : Edgardo Colón-Emeric
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780268104764

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Óscar Romero’s Theological Vision by Edgardo Colón-Emeric Pdf

This ambitious book examines Saint Oscar Romero's words to understand how his thoughts fit into the broader context of Catholic theology. On March 24, 1980, Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated as he celebrated mass in El Salvador. He was canonized as a saint by Pope Francis on October 14, 2018. Edgardo Colón-Emeric explores the life and thought of Romero and his theological vision, which finds its focus in the mystery of the transfiguration. Romero is now understood to be one of the founders of liberation theology, which interprets scripture through the plight of the poor. His theological vision is most succinctly expressed by his saying, “Gloria Dei, vivens pauper”: “The glory of God is the poor who lives.” God’s glory was first revealed through Christ to a landless tenant farmer, a market woman, and an unemployed laborer, and they received the power to shine from the church to the world. Colón-Emeric’s study is an exercise in what Latino/a theologians call ressourcement from the margins, or a return to theological foundations. One of the first Latin American Church Fathers, Romero’s theological vision is a sign of the emergence of Christianity in the Global South from “reflection” Church to “source” Church. The hope for this study is that scholars in the fields of theology, religious studies, and Latin American studies will be captivated by the doctrine of this humble pastor and inspired to think more clearly and act more decisively in solidarity with the poor.

Author : Lee, Michael E.
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608336913

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Revolutionary Saint by Lee, Michael E. Pdf

Author : Scott Wright
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608332472

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Oscar Romero and the Communion of Saints by Scott Wright Pdf

Author : J. Kellenberger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781137553300

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The Everlasting and the Eternal by J. Kellenberger Pdf

The subject of this book is the relationship and the difference between the temporal everlasting and the atemporal eternal. This book treats the difference between a temporal postmortem life and eternal life. It identifies the conceptual tension in the religious idea of eternal life and offers a resolution of that tension.

Author : Jeanette Rodríguez,Ted Fortier
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292774599

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Cultural Memory by Jeanette Rodríguez,Ted Fortier Pdf

Sangre llama a sangre. (Blood cries out to blood.)—Latin American aphorism The common "blood" of a people—that imperceptible flow that binds neighbor to neighbor and generation to generation—derives much of its strength from cultural memory. Cultural memories are those transformative historical experiences that define a culture, even as time passes and it adapts to new influences. For oppressed peoples, cultural memory engenders the spirit of resistance; not surprisingly, some of its most powerful incarnations are rooted in religion. In this interdisciplinary examination, Jeanette Rodriguez and Ted Fortier explore how four such forms of cultural memory have preserved the spirit of a particular people. Cultural Memory is not a comparative work, but it is a multicultural one, with four distinct case studies: the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the devotion it inspires among Mexican Americans; the role of secrecy and ceremony among the Yaqui Indians of Arizona; the evolving narrative of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador as transmitted through the church of the poor and the martyrs; and the syncretism of Catholic Tzeltal Mayans of Chiapas, Mexico. In each case, the authors' religious credentials eased the resistance encountered by social scientists and other researchers. The result is a landmark work in cultural studies, a conversation between a liberation theologian and a cultural anthropologist on the religious nature of cultural memory and the power it brings to those who wield it.

Author : Mae Elise Cannon
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830837755

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Just Spirituality by Mae Elise Cannon Pdf

Mae Elise Cannon opens the annals of activist history to see if there is a correlation between great acts of compassion and advocacy and great depths of prayer. Looking at the lives of Mother Teresa, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King Jr. and others, Cannon finds a depth of spiritual practice at the root of courageous social action.

Author : Carlos Morton
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1992-04-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1611921880

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Johnny Tenorio and Other Plays by Carlos Morton Pdf

A collection of the most recent and celebrated plays by the prolific Chicano playwright, including the following: Johnny Tenorio (1983), The Savior (1986), The Miser of Mexico (1989) and Pancho Diablo (1987). Morton is the winner of the National Latino Playwriting Contest (1986) and numerous other awards and grants. Time magazine called his work Òdidactic, polemical, yet often fiercely funnyÉÓ

Author : Phillip Berryman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592445165

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The Religious Roots of Rebellion by Phillip Berryman Pdf

This is a provocative and important contribution to understanding the role of Catholicism in the struggle for justice in Central America. Phillip Berryman writes with the sensitivity and passion of a Christian who has lived the biblical option for the poor. Penny Lernoux

Author : Michael A. Hayes,David Tombs
Publisher : Gracewing Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 0852445245

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Truth and Memory by Michael A. Hayes,David Tombs Pdf