Latin American Christologies

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Althaus-Reid, Marcella. “Do Not Stop the Flow of My Blood: A Critical Christology of Hope Amongst Latin American Women.” Studies in World Christianity 1, no. 2 (1995): 143–59.

Boff, Leonardo. “Christ’s Liberation via Oppression: An Attempt at Theological Construction From the Standpoint of Latin America,” in Frontiers of Theology in Latin America, edited by Rosino Gibellini, 100–32. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1979.

Bussmann, Claus. Who Do You Say? Jesus Christ in Latin American Theology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1985.

Cook, Michael L. “Jesus From the Other Side of History: Christology in Latin America.” Theological Studies 44, no. 2 (1983): 258–87.

Escobar, Samuel. In Search of Christ in Latin America: From Colonial Image to Liberating Savior. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2019.

Gorski, Juan F. “Christology, Inculturation, and Their Missiological Implications: A Latin American Perspective.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 28, no. 2 (2004): 60–63.

Irarrazaval, Diego. “Latin American Images of Christ.” Journal of Reformed Theology 1 (2007): 50–71.

Mackay, John A. The Other Spanish Christ: A Study in the Spiritual History of Spain and South America. New York, Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 1932.

Martinez-Olivieri, Jules A. “¿Quién vive? ¡Cristo! Christology in Latin American Perspectives,” in Jesus without Borders: Christology in the Majority World, edited by Gene L. Green, Stephen T. Pardue, and K. K. Yeo, 80–102. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2014.

Míguez Bonino, José, ed. Face of Jesus: Latin American Christologies. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1984.

Padilla, C. René. “Toward a Contextual Christology from Latin America,” in Conflict and Context: Hermeneutics in the Americas, edited by Mark Lau Branson, and C. René Padilla, 81–91. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1986.

Recinos, Harold J., and Hugo Magallanes. Jesus in the Hispanic Community: Images of Christ from Theology to Popular Religion. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010.

Salto, David del. “Latin American Evangelical Christology.” Journal of Latin American Theology 5, no. 2 (2010): 51–106.

Posts in this Series

• The Diverse, Rich, and Critical Imaging of Jesus Christ
• Ancestor Christologies
• Asian Christologies 
• Black Christologies
• Christology and Colour Symbolism
• Critiques of Western Representations
• Indigenous Christologies
• Latin American Christologies
• Liberationist Christologies
• Migrant Christologies
• Pasifika Christologies