Thesis (M.S.)--Western Washington University, 2008. / CD-ROM in back pocket. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-121). Also available online.

Submitted by Noeme Timbo (noeme.timbo@metodista.br) on 2018-03-20T16:38:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ROGER.ALMEIDA.pdf: 1105799 bytes, checksum: 667b10275ff44bb2e3f140597cdd50e8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-20T16:38:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ROGER.ALMEIDA.pdf: 1105799 bytes, checksum: 667b10275ff44bb2e3f140597cdd50e8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-21 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This work aims to analyze the concepts of the Kingdom of God in the Latin American theologies of the liberation of Gustavo Gutiérrez and the integral mission of René Padilla through a bibliographical research of the authors, as well as possible divergent and convergent questions, identifying the causes Of his writings on the subject, establishing the importance of the concept in relation to the questions of the theology of the mission of the church and demonstrating to what extent his propositions are shown as a continuation of the prevailing theology or rupture. The bibliographical analysis will focus mainly on the texts produced by Gustavo Gutiérrez and René Padilla, especially those that discuss discussions about the kingdom of God and the church in the mission of the church, pointing out the definitions of the Kingdom of God and the repercussions that the relationship between them Plays in the formulation of Latin American theology to identify the issues we will put into dialogue to identify some divergences and convergences. But certainly other authors will appear in dialogue with the research. / Este trabalho tem por objetivo realizar uma análise dos conceitos de Reino de Deus nas teologias latino-americanas da libertação de Gustavo Gutiérrez e da missão integral de René Padilla por meio de uma pesquisa bibliográfica dos autores, como também possíveis questões divergentes e convergentes, identificando as causas de seus escritos acerca da temática, estabelecendo qual a importância do conceito em relação às questões da teologia da missão da igreja e demonstrando em que medida suas proposições se mostram como uma continuidade da teologia predominante ou rompimento. A análise bibliográfica terá como foco principal os textos produzidos por Gustavo Gutiérrez e René Padilla, principalmente aqueles que abordam discussões acerca do Reino da Deus e da igreja na missão da igreja, apontando as definições de Reino de Deus e as repercussões que a relação entre eles desempenha na formulação da teologia latino-americana para identificar as questões que colocaremos em diálogo para identificar algumas divergências e convergências. Mas por certo outros autores surgirão em diálogo com a pesquisa.

Submitted by Noeme Timbo (noeme.timbo@metodista.br) on 2017-01-26T11:19:56Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Douglas Alonso.pdf: 1660218 bytes, checksum: 4ef4cc26a60528a5e55273ae3750f0ce (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-26T11:19:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Douglas Alonso.pdf: 1660218 bytes, checksum: 4ef4cc26a60528a5e55273ae3750f0ce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-09-29 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / The goal of this paper is to analyze de concepts of ‘kingdom of God’ and ‘church’ in the integral mission theology of René Padilla by a bibliographic research of the mentioned author and also of his most important theoretical counterpoint, the Church Growth Movement, mainly about its founder’s writings, Donald McGravan, in order to identify the causes that made Padilla write about this subject, demonstrating the importance that these concepts had in relation to the matters and discussions of the church’s mission theology, and also pointing to what extend his propositions show a continuity or rupture of the mainstream theology of mission. The bibliographic research will be focused on the main writings produced by René Padilla, mainly those that approach the subject of the definition of kingdom of God, and of church, and the repercussions that their relation reflects on the Latin American theologian’s formulation of integral mission theology and of other theologies of mission. / Este trabalho tem por objetivo realizar uma análise dos conceitos de reino de Deus e igreja na teologia da missão integral de René Padilla por meio de uma pesquisa bibliográfica do referido autor, como também do seu contraponto teórico mais importante, o movimento de crescimento de igreja, principalmente na figura de seu fundador Donald McGravan, identificando as causas que fizeram René Padilla escrever acerca da temática em questão, estabelecendo qual a importância que estes conceitos têm em relação às questões da teologia da missão da igreja e demonstrando em que medida sua proposição se mostra como uma continuidade da teologia predominante ou rompimento. A análise bibliográfica terá como foco principal os textos produzidos por René Padilla, principalmente aqueles que abordam discussões acerca do reino da Deus e da igreja na missão da igreja. Serão apontadas as definições de reino de Deus e igreja, bem como, as repercussões que a relação entre eles desempenha na formulação da teologia da missão integral do teólogo latino-americano e outras teologias da missão.

Don Feliciano de Vega y Padilla (1580-1641) was one of the most distinguished members of the Peruvian colonial episcopate in the first half of the seventeenth century, and the only one who, after an outstanding ecclesiastical career, was appointed archbishop of Mexico. His passionate life, professional profile and intellectual production make Don Feliciano an interesting case study in order to understand the complex and tense dynamics of power linking Royal Patronage and the most important religious and political institutions in the city of Lima during the early colonial period. The study of Dr. Vega’s life and work also shedslight on the first generation of colonial intellectuals who debated the rights of Creole subjects. The works written by Bishop Vega constitute some of the first written expressions of the defense of prelacies and offices within the colonial Church, and the debate over the doctrine of Distributive Justice which was used to justify these claims. This article analyzes the relationship between Bishop Vega and the principal viceregal institutions: the university, the archbishopric, the cathedral chapter and the Royal Audience. Finally, it will analyze how Lima’s elite citizens, of which Vega was one, manipulated these institutions. / Don Feliciano de Vega y Padilla (1580-1641) fue acaso la personalidad más destacada y emblemática del episcopado virreinal peruano de la primera mitad del siglo XVII. Luego de una brillante carrera en la universidad y el cabildo catedralicio de la ciudad de Lima, llegó a presidir tres diócesis hispanoamericanas, siendo la última de ellas el arzobispado de México. Su perfil profesional yproducción intelectual lo convierten en una de las figuras más influyentes de la elite social limeña y de la burocracia religiosa imperial de su tiempo. Su vida y su obra también ayudan a entender la trama de poder y la compleja dinámica de las relaciones entre la Corona y el virreinato peruano. Su poco conocida obra constituye una de las piedras angulares de la tradición memorialista peruana, interesada en la defensa de los derechos de prelación y el debate sobre la doctrina de la justicia distributiva. Este artículo analiza la conexión entre el doctor Vega y las principales instituciones virreinales: la universidad, el arzobispado, el cabildo catedralicio y la Real Audiencia. Asimismo, se estudia la manipulación de dichas instituciones por parte del grupo de los beneméritos, al que Vega perteneció.

As Latin American evangelical theologians awoke to dependency on the North in the post-war period, they set the trajectory for a new contextual brand of evangelical Christianity. Ecuadorian Protestant theologian C. René Padilla (b. 1932) coined the term misión integral (integral mission), which first appeared on a public stage in Lausanne at the influential International Congress on World Evangelization of 1974—signalling both the rise of leadership from the Global South and a wider turn toward holistic mission within the global Protestant evangelical community. The concept of misión integral is an understanding of Christian mission that synthesizes the pursuit of justice with the offer of salvation. Padilla utilized the kingdom of God as the central theological motif in this synthesis. The thesis explores the dynamic interplay between Padilla and the global evangelical networks that formed, developed, and diffused misión integral. This first critical study of Padilla is structured thematically in order to provide a more detailed focus on each stage of this process. Earlier studies have largely framed misión integral as responding to Catholic theologies of liberation, beginning in the late 1960s or early 1970s. In contrast, I demonstrate that the origins of misión integral are found within a cluster of political and social forces reshaping post-war Latin America: rural-urban migration flows, the resulting complications of urbanization, and the rapid expansion of the universities, where Marxist ideas of revolutionary change presented a growing appeal to students. When Padilla became convinced of the inadequacy of his received North American evangelical theology of mission to meet such challenges, he began a search for theological materials with which he could address the Latin American context. In doing so, he sought to widen the parameters of an evangelical understanding of Christian mission. Padilla’s response was not purely Latin American nor driven by exclusively Latin American concerns. However, Padilla’s theology developed through a multidirectional and international conversation with a wide variety of interlocutors. Padilla became a metaphorical sponge—appropriating new theological perspectives from his undergraduate and graduate studies at Wheaton College in Illinois, his doctoral work in New Testament at the University of Manchester, the Presbyterian missionary-statesman, John A. Mackay, and the holistic tradition of American women missionaries through his closest colleague and wife Catharine Feser Padilla. This thesis explores these multidirectional conversations that shaped the concept of integral mission, and in doing so provides a corrective to current historiography. The process of developing the contours of integral mission would continue over the next two decades in a further series of transnational theological conversations. Particularly important were those Padilla conducted with the Peruvian Baptist Samuel Escobar and the Fraternidad Teológica Latinoamericana (Latin American Theological Fraternity), the British Anglican John R. W. Stott and the global evangelical movement, and the Argentine Methodist José Míguez Bonino and the ecumenical movement. Padilla’s theological networks cut both ways— influencing him and diffusing his influence to a wider Christian constituency. In focusing on these interlocutors, this thesis provides an assessment of the nature of Padilla’s influence upon the growing acceptance of integral mission within global evangelicalism. Today, the language of integral mission is being increasingly adopted by evangelical mission and relief organizations, evangelical political activists, official congress declarations, and Protestant ecclesial movements around the world.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Abstract in English. Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 260-275). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Abstract in English. Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 260-275). Also available on the Internet.

William Shakespeare’s (1564-1616) theatrical work The Tempest was first performed in 1611 at the court of James I. Since the XVII century until today this work of art has travelled the world and has been (re)interpreted from the perspective of multiple ideologies. This thesis seeks to understand the representations and uses that Caliban has had in different spaces and historical moments. The anti-colonial interpretations of Roberto Fernández Retamar authorize us to read metaphorically the current socio-political situation of Latin immigrants in the United States through the perspective of The Tempest. The first chapter of this thesis studies and critically analyzes the way in which the character Caliban is negatively constructed. This chapter concludes that many of the critics that are cited base their interpretations of Caliban not necessarily on textual evidence but rather on their own colonial and oppressive ideologies. To illustrate this tension I present a detailed analysis of the supposed rape of Miranda by Caliban, I analyze Caliban’s poetic voice and give historical context of the theatrical work’s production and its critical reception by the European literary tradition. The second chapter seeks to present an ideological and analytic counterpoint to this European tradition. This chapter presents the anti-colonial project of Roberto Fernández Retamar who throughout his many essays on Caliban turned this character into a symbol of Latin-American and revolutionary identity. In this section I study the evolution of Fernández Retamar’s thinking through his many essays on Caliban. To understand the importance of his literary reinterpretation I analyze the Cuban historical context of the 60’s and 70’s while paying particular attention to the controversies surrounding the “Padilla affair”. The third chapter applies a metaphorical historic reading of contemporary Latin communities in the United States using the characters of The Tempest. This chapter seeks to centralize the importance of the feminine voice in this theatrical work by combating the supposed silence of Sycorax, Caliban’s mother. In this section I do a detailed textual study to demonstrate that Sycorax, even though she has no lines of her own, is an important character in the play and can be seen as a correction to a long masculinist trajectory that has silenced the importance of women in colonial literature. This last chapter seeks to synthesize the analyzing and theorizing of literature, the studying of social movements in Massachusetts and the political and social status of Latin people using Sycorax + Caliban as an identity metaphor.

This thesis examines the missiological writings of Orlando E. Costas (1943-1987), particularly The Church and Its Mission: A Shattering Critique from the Third World (1974); Theology of the Crossroads in Contemporary Latin America (1976); Christ Outside the Gate (1982); and Liberating News: A Theology of Contextual Evangelization (1989). From the early 1970s until his death in 1987 he wrote over 130 articles and 12 books in both Spanish and English that addressed key missiological concerns. A careful reading of a selection of Costas's texts oriented around a hymn, a gospel song, a psalm, and a poem provides the shape of this thesis. This thesis argues that Costas formulated a Third World evangelical missiology. Chapter one investigates what Costas's autobiographical material expressed about his positions on conversion, Protestant evangelicalism, missiology, and those living on the ‘periphery' of life. Chapter two recognises his commitment to the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean in particular and the Third World in general. Chapter three explores Costas's analysis of the Latin American Protestant Church in a revolutionary situation in the continent and chapter four examines his survey and critical appraisal of Latin American liberation theology. Chapter five recognizes the pastoral shape of Costas's missiology. Chapter six explores his critical interaction with two more conservative evangelical missiological positions, the Church Growth Movement and Peter Beyerhaus and the Frankfurt Declaration, and chapter seven surveys the discussion within the international evangelical community regarding the relationship between evangelism and social responsibility. Chapter eight examines Costas's Liberating News as an expression of Third World evangelical missiology. Chapter nine considers the theological issue of penal substitutionary atonement and his missiology. The thesis concludes with an appraisal of the issues and contributions of Costas's Third World evangelical missiology to current missiological discussion.