Liberation through Reconciliation: Jon Sobrino's Christological Spirituality

O. Ernesto Valiente

Published by Fordham University Press 2015

Liberation through Reconciliation

Jon Sobrino's Christological Spirituality

O. Ernesto Valiente

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823268542

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About this book

This book argues that Jon Sobrino’s Christology offers the basis for a Christian spirituality of reconciliation that effectively overcomes conflict by attending to the demands of truth, justice, and forgiveness. It envisions a Christian discipleship and a theology of reconciliation inspired by Jesus’ praxis and the values of God’s Kingdom.

Author / Editor information

Valiente O. Ernesto :

O. Ernesto Valiente is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. He has published “Renewing the Theology of Martyrdom,” Irish Theological Quarterly 79 (2014), “From Conflict to Reconciliation: Discipleship in the Theology of Jon Sobrino” Theological Studies 74 (2013) and “From Utopia to Eu-topia: The Mediation of Christian Hope in History,” in Hope: Promise, Possibility, and Fulfillment.

Reviews

—Gustavo Gutierrez, O.P.:
In this excellent book, I appreciate especially the architecture of the theological reflection. Valiente departs from a painful historical event—a civil war, which is the worst of all wars because of the many sequelae it leaves—to put forward an interpretation of reconciliation that responds to the festering wounds that take so long to heal. The book steers clear from facile wishings for peace and reconciliation and goes to what is essential in the Christian life: what Jon Sobrino calls “the principle of mercy.” Step by step, the book delves more deeply into its underpinning theological foundation to weave together, with clarity and novelty, Sobrino’s spirituality and Christology.

—Matthew Ashley:
This book skillfully takes up the theological tools forged by Jon Sobrino and extends their reach by articulating a theology and spirituality of reconciliation that confronts honestly, even painfully, situations of conflict, oppression and suffering today. What is the future of liberation theology? Books like this one and the praxis that it details.

—Robert Schreiter:
Ernesto Valiente has uncovered new riches in the spirituality of Jon Sobrino and given new texture to the discussion of reconciliation in Latin America. This book is an important contribution to the further development of the theology of liberation today.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Liberation and Reconciliation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. Confronting a Conflicted Reality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
3. Theology as a Task Guided by the Spirit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
4. Life and Spirit of the True Human Being Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
5. Reconciling Reality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279

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Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Pages
- Main content: 304
Keywords: Jon Sobrino; Liberation Theology; Reconciliation; Spirituality; Christology; El Salvador; Jesus; Social Justice; Forgiveness

eBook

Published: December 1, 2015
ISBN: 9780823268542