A Theology of Liberation | |
Author: | Gustavo Gutiérrez |
Orig Lang Code: | es |
Country: | Peru |
Language: | Spanish |
Subject: | Theology |
Publisher: | Centro de Estudios y Publicaciones |
Pub Date: | 1971 |
English Pub Date: | 1973 |
A Theology of Liberation (es|Teología de la liberación: Perspectivas|links=no) is a 1971 book by the Peruvian Roman Catholic theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez. The book was foundational to the development of liberation theology, a term coined by Gutiérrez in his 1968 lecture "Hacia una teología de la liberación" ('Towards a theology of liberation').
Originally published in Spanish, the work has been translated into nine languages . The first English translation was made by Caridad Inda and John Eagleson. The translation sold over 50,000 copies in the twenty months following its publication in 1973.