Gustavo Gutierrez: Essential Writings

Drawing from his many published books as well as little-known essays and several pieces translated specially for this volume, this book provides an overview and an entry into the mind of a great modern Christian thinker. Editor James B. Nickoloff situates Gutierrez within the history of Christian thought and the social history of Latin America, and shows, ultimately, that Gutierrez’s challenge extends to all Christians: “With the believing poor, and in their name, [Gutierrez] has challenged Christians paralyzed by the fear of the cross … to stand with ‘those robbed of life and well-being.’ And thus he invites the fearful among us to venture forth … and find courage and new life for ourselves by giving life to the ‘nobodies’ of history.”Nickoloff, ed., James B Nickoloff