Author

Hugo Monroy

Campus Location

Abilene Campus (Residential)

Date of Award

12-2005

Document Type

Thesis

Department

Graduate School of Theology

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Committee Chair or Primary Advisor

Douglas A. Foster

Second Committee Member or Secondary Advisor

Jeff W. Childers

Abstract

The great majority of the four hundred and fifty million people in Latin America are poor and oppressed. Presenting the gospel to them as good news is a challenge for any theologian. Theologians' lives are at risk in most places regardless of the ideology they endorse. Jon Sobrino escaped death because he was lecturing out of the country when a military squad came into his home and killed his six companions and the two women who helped them. To serve in a context of poverty and death, theologians need more than church doctrines, creeds, and traditions to sustain them in ministry. They need eschatology strong enough to support them when their lives are threatened or when they are tempted to quit. The kingdom of God provides them the eschatological answer. Kingdom theology, defined in ontological categories, provides a proper allegiance to the King: the Triune God and guides them in preaching the gospel as good news by promoting justice and peace.

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