Liberating Luther

A Lutheran Theology from Latin America. Until his untimely death, Vitor Westhelles incisive scholarship shaped a generation. As a continuation of that legacy, presented here for the first time in English is a collection of Westhelles Portuguese-language essays.In this collection, he addresses the most important issues of our day, including the cross and death, the ecological crisis, the ecumenical movement, the churchs misuse of power, Luthers law-gospel dialectic, and the role of European theology in the conquest of the Americas.