The Truth Shall Make You Free

Building on his classic A Theology of Liberation, the world’s preeminent liberation theologian addresses some of the challenges that have been raised against this “new way of doing theology” and charts its prospects for the future. Lucid and cogent, The Truth Shall Make You Free brings to the forefront liberation theology’s answers to its critics, refining the terms of discussion and opening the way for further dialogue, moving the discussion and debate to the next higher plane. Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928-2024) a Peruvian priest and Dominican theologian, was widely regarded as the father of liberation theology. His groundbreaking work, A Theology of Liberation, was published in 1971 (in English 1973), and it inspired a whole library of books from Latin America, and in time from around the world. His many works (all translated by Orbis Books) include We Drink from Our Own Wells, The Power of the Poor in History, On Job, The Truth Shall Make You Free, and The God of Life. Fr. Gutiérrez ser