No Salvation Outside the Poor Religion_ African Studies its roots in Latin America

its roots in Latin America and its reverberations throughout the world

is executive Director of Franciscan Mission Service

a German Jesuit priest who died in 1984

A former religion editor for Publishers Weekly

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No Salvation Outside the Poor Religion_ African Studies its roots in Latin AmericaThe provocative title of these essays plays on a traditional Catholic saying, "No salvation outside the church." But as Fr. Sobrino notes, salvation has many dimensions, both personal and social, historical and transcendent. Insofar as salvation implies God's response to a world marred by suffering and injustice, then the poor represent an indispensable test, a key to the healing of a sick society. Drawing on the radical hope of Christian faith the