Las Casas

by Gustavo Gutiérrez

Book Overview

In this passionate work, the pioneering author of 'A Theology of Liberation' delves into the life, thought, and contemporary meaning of Bartolome de Las Casas, sixteenth-century Dominican priest, prophet, and Defender of the Indians" in the New World. Writing against the backdrop of the fifth centenary of the conquest of the Americas, Gutierrez seeks in the remarkable figure of Las Casas the roots of a different history and a gospel uncontaminated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592441386
• ISBN13: 9781592441389
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"