Crisis and Hope In Latin America

Table of Contents

Foreword to the First Edition by David M. Howard

Foreword to the Second Edition: “Latin America: Land of Crisis and Hope”

Samuel Escobar

Introduction: Approaching Latin America in Crisis and Hope

William Taylor

Part 1- Critical Background Issues in Latin America

1. A Contemporary Panorama of Latin America

2. A Synopsis of Latin American History

3. Latin America’s Human Crises

4. Spiritual Dimensions of Latin America

5. A Personal Perspective of the Latin American People

Part 2- Critical Issues for Evangelicals in Latin America 

6. The Hispano-American Christs: Post-Conciliar Catholicism in Latin America

7. Introduction: the Search for Renewal

8. Revolutionary Ferment: Liberation Theology

9. The Charismatic Movement

10. Resistance to Change: Evangelical Self-theologizing in Latin America

11. Doing Theology in Latin America: Contextualization

12. Latin American Evangelicals and Social Responsibility: A Case Study

13. The Awakening of our Evangelical Social Conscience

Part 3- Update and Concluding Perspectives for Latin America 

14. Revisiting Latin America: a Nineties Update Looking Towards the Third Millennium

William David Taylor

15. Roman Catholicism and Liberation Theology

Emilio Antonio Nunez

16. Mission, Missions and Missionaries in Latin America

William David Taylor

Annotated Bibliography

Index of Persons

Index of Subjects