A gospel for the poor : global social Christianity and the Latin American evangelical left /

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Author / Creator:Kirkpatrick, David C., author.
Imprint:Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
Description:x, 244 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11920425
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ISBN:9780812250947
081225094X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-235) and index.
Summary:A Gospel for the Poor adopts a transnational perspective to tell the story of how a Cold War generation of progressive Latin Americans, including seminal figures such as Ecuadorian René Padilla and Peruvian Samuel Escobar, developed, named, and exported their version of social Christianity to an evolving coalition of global evangelicals.