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Theology from Three Worlds
Liberation and Evangelization for the New Europe

by Michael I. Bochenski

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Karl Heinz Walter, General Secretary of the European Baptist Federation

Introduction: The Three Worlds

Part I. Into All the World

Chapter 1.
The Third World: Latin America, 1970-1990

1. Development?

2. Medellin, Columbia

3. Into All the World

4. Base Communities

5. Puebla, Mexico

6. Some Key Figures

7. The Doctrine of National Security

8. Oscar Romero

9. Baptists in El Salvador

10. A Violent and Desperate Path

11. The Moving Image

12. Ten Precipitating Factors

Chapter 2.
Theologians of Liberation

1. A Bridge Between Two Worlds

2. Gustavo Gutierrez

3. Dom Helder Camara

4. Jon Sobrino

5. Jose' Comblin

6. Jorge' Pixley and Clodovis Boff

Chapter 3.
The Second World: Poland, 1945-1990

1. War and Love: Autobiography

2. A Christian Nation

3. Stefan Wyszynski

4. The Gomulka Years, 1956-1970

5. The Gierek Years, 1970-1980

6. Solidarity Is Born, 1980-1981

7. The Jaruzelski Years, 1981-1989

8. Jerzy Popieluszko

9. Non-Violent Change

10. Poland Enters the New Europe

Chapter 4.
The First World: Britain, 1970-1990

1. The Two Britains

2. Unemployment

3. Eyes Half-Open

4. The World of Work

5. The Experience of Struggling to Survive

6. Bias to the Poor

7. Faith in the City

8. Faith in the Countryside

9. Better Together

10. Individual Standards

11. Seeds of the World

12. Evangelization in Britain

13. Themes from Three Worlds

Part II. 'Show Me Plain Scripture' The Biblical Roots of Liberation and Evangelization

Chapter 5.
The New Testament

1. The Sacred Library

2. Matthew

3. Mark

4. John

5. Luke and Acts

6. The New Testament Letters

7. The Book of Revelation

8. Summary

Chapter 6.
The Old Testament: The Writings, Law and History

1. The Writing

2. Law

3. History

Chapter 7.
The Old Testament: The Prophets

1. The Major Prophets

2. The Minor Prophets

3. Summary

Chapter 8.
Issues Facing the New Europe

1. Welcome to the European Union

2. The Path to the New Europe: A Brief History

3. Issues Facing the New Europe

4. A Re-evangelization of Europe?

5. Baptist Solidarity

Chapter 9.
Liberation and Evangelization for the New Europe

1. First Case Study John Bunyan Baptist Church, Cowley,1980-1987

2. Conscientization

3. Orthopraxis

4. Base Communities

5. Second Case Study - Leamington Road Baptist Church, Blackburn, 1987-1992

6. Evangelization

7. New Humanity

8. New Society

9. Violence and Non-Violence

10. Contradicting Reality

11. Church and Kingdom

12. The Suffering God

13. Continuity with Tradition

14. Third Case Study - Dagnall Street Baptist Church, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, 1992-Present

15. The Preferential Option for the Poor

Index