2009/04/20 by Ian S. Markham · 1 citation
paper · doi:10.1002/9781118427170.ch56
openalex publication_date 2009/04/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Gustavo Gutiérrez is a theological giant. He has been an influence on a whole range of theologies (black, feminist, gay); and perhaps the majority of theologians working in British and American universities have been shaped by Gutiérrez's theology. Gutiérrez provided many of the arguments and position papers for the Second General Meeting of the Latin American Episcopate at Medellí, Colombia. For Gutiérrez's critics, he is seen as the theologian who combined Marxism with Christianity, at a time when Marxism was increasingly discredited. He is a theologically conservative theologian. In many ways, Gutiérrez offers a traditional and richly orthodox theology. His best-known book is his first, A Theology of Liberation, but he has also written on the book of Job and a major study of Bartolomé de la Casas.