A gospel for the poor. Global social Christianity and the Latin American Evangelical left. By David C. Kirkpatrick. Pp. x + 244 incl. 10 figs. Philadelphia, Pa: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. £45. 978 081 225094 7

Moving away from an older Protestant tradition that spoke of the social ‘implications’ of the Gospel, a generation of theologians including René Padilla, Samuel Escobar, Pedro Arana and Orlando Costas conceived social justice and service as ‘dimensions’ of the missionary endeavour, inseparable from...

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Published in:The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 2020, Vol.71 (4), p.907-909
Main Author: Feitoza, Pedro
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Anglophones
Christianity
Conversation
Dialogue
Evangelicalism
Missionaries
Reviews
Theologians
Theology
Writers
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Summary:Moving away from an older Protestant tradition that spoke of the social ‘implications’ of the Gospel, a generation of theologians including René Padilla, Samuel Escobar, Pedro Arana and Orlando Costas conceived social justice and service as ‘dimensions’ of the missionary endeavour, inseparable from evangelisation. [...]besides this they also engaged in a ‘multidirectional conversation’ with Evangelical leaders across the world, marketing their brand of social Christianity through a series of regional and global conferences. The author shows that even though these men crossed theological boundaries and engaged in a lasting dialogue with radical theologians, they carefully guarded their Evangelical orthodoxy, upholding notions of biblical authority, leaving inerrancy behind and encouraging the missionary enterprise.
ISSN:0022-0469
1469-7637
DOI:10.1017/S002204692000113X