Foreword | p. xv |
Acknowledgements | p. xvii |
Abbreviations | p. xix |
Introductions | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Conspectus | p. 6 |
The Latin American Context in Evangelical Perspective | p. 13 |
Introduction | p. 13 |
A Brief History of Latin America | p. 14 |
The Colonisation of the New World by the Old | p. 14 |
Revolution and Independence | p. 21 |
The Role of the Catholic Church in Latin America Prior to the Twentieth Century | p. 23 |
The Immediate Context of Liberation Theology | p. 27 |
Post-conciliar Latin American Catholicism | p. 27 |
The Early Development of a "Theology of Liberation" | p. 33 |
The Contribution and Influence of ISAL | p. 36 |
Conclusion | p. 40 |
Latin American Evangelicalism: A Perspective | p. 43 |
Introduction | p. 43 |
A Discussion on the Term "Evangelical" | p. 43 |
The History of the Evangelical Presence in Latin America | p. 48 |
The Foundation and Influence of the Latin American Theological Fraternity | p. 59 |
Conclusion | p. 68 |
Contextual Methods: Liberationists and Evangelicals | p. 71 |
Introduction | p. 71 |
"A New Way to Do Theology": A Brief Overview of Liberationist Method | p. 71 |
The Latin American Evangelical Critique of Liberationist Method | p. 76 |
Praxis Under the Authority of Scripture | p. 77 |
The Point of Departure: Historical Context or Biblical Text | p. 81 |
Ideology in the Light of Scripture | p. 84 |
The Search for a Latin American Evangelical Theological Method | p. 89 |
Conclusion | p. 90 |
Contextual Hermeneutics: The Use of Scripture by Liberationists and Evangelicals | p. 93 |
Introduction | p. 93 |
The Foundational Issue of Biblical Authority | p. 94 |
The Hermeneutical Circle | p. 106 |
A Brief Overview of Biblical Material Used in the Theology of Liberation | p. 113 |
The Search for a Contextual Evangelical Hermeneutic | p. 118 |
Conclusion | p. 123 |
General Themes in Latin American Contextual Theology | p. 127 |
Introduction | p. 127 |
Humanity | p. 128 |
Sin | p. 132 |
Liberation | p. 136 |
Salvation | p. 140 |
Conversion | p. 143 |
The Kingdom of God | p. 146 |
Conclusion | p. 155 |
The Search for a Latin American Evangelical Christology | p. 157 |
Introduction | p. 157 |
The Image of Christ in Latin America | p. 158 |
The Latin American Evangelical Critique of Liberation Christology | p. 164 |
The Search for a Latin American Evangelical Christology | p. 170 |
Conclusion | p. 181 |
The Search for a Latin American Evangelical Ecclesiology | p. 183 |
Introduction | p. 183 |
The Latin American Evangelical Critique of Liberationist Ecclesiology | p. 184 |
The Challenge of the "New Ecclesiology" | p. 193 |
The Latin American Evangelical Critique of Church Growth Theory | p. 197 |
The Search for a Latin American Evangelical Ecclesiology | p. 202 |
Conclusion | p. 210 |
The Search for a Latin American Evangelical Missiology | p. 211 |
Introduction | p. 211 |
The International Evangelical Dialogue Regarding Mission | p. 212 |
The Latin American Evangelical Contribution at Lausanne | p. 212 |
The Latin American Evangelical Call for Holistic Mission since Lausanne | p. 215 |
Mission as Discipleship | p. 219 |
The Latin American Evangelical Understanding of Discipleship | p. 219 |
The Implications of Discipleship for Mission | p. 221 |
Mission as Transformation | p. 224 |
Mission as Social Responsibility | p. 229 |
Mission as Social Responsibility in Light of the Kingdom of God | p. 230 |
Mission as Social Responsibility in Light of the Latin American Context | p. 231 |
Mission as Social Responsibility in the Church | p. 236 |
Mision Integral | p. 238 |
Conclusion | p. 242 |
Conclusion | p. 245 |
Bibliography | p. 257 |
General Index | p. 289 |
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