The Option for Nonviolence in Latin American Liberation Theology: The Case of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero

This paper examines Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero’s understanding of and response to violence during his episcopal ministry. It proposes that Romero’s ministry draws from and brings closer together two apparently disparate approaches that Christians have enlisted across history in response to v...

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Main Author: Valiente, O. Ernesto (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2022
In: International journal of Latin American religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 98-112
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Romero, Oscar A., Saint 1917-1980 / ElSalvador / Non-violence / Liberation theology / History 1975-1980
RelBib Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
CH Christianity and Society
FD Contextual theology
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBR Latin America
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NCC Social ethics
RB Church office; congregation
SA Church law; state-church law
Further subjects:B Theology
B ElSalvador
B Violence
B Peace
B Nonviolence
B Liberation
B Romero
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