Spirituality of Liberation: Toward Political Holiness - Hardcover

Sobrino, Jon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0883446170 ISBN 13: 9780883446171

Publisher: Orbis Books (USA), 1996

Synopsis

How is it possible to live a spiritual life? What should the kernel of this spirituality be, in this world of crises, challenges, and change? From his immersion in the violent and struggle-filled reality of Central America, Jon Sobrino articulates a way to imbue the practice of liberation with spirituality - a dimension that critics often charge is lacking in liberation theology. Without spirit, practice degenerates. Without practice, spirit remains vague, undifferentiated, even alienated. Sobrino argues that the only authentic Christian practice is the following of Jesus in one's own history, that that discipleship must be lived in the spirit of Jesus, in heart and soul as well as world and deed.

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Review:

Essays by the Salvadoran Jesuit show how to imbue praxis with spirituality. "Highly recommended"--Religious Studies Review

About the Author:

Jon Sobrino, S.J., is a Spanish-born Jesuit theologian who has lived in El Salvador for the past two decades. Aside from Christology at the Crossroads, his books include Jesus in Latin America, Spirituality of Liberation, The True Church and the Poor, Archbishop Romero, and Companions of Jesus: The Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador. With Ignacio Ellacuria he has edited Mysterium Liberationis: Fundamental Concepts of Liberation Theology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orbis Books (USA)
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0883446170
• ISBN 13: 9780883446171
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224