Taking Up the Mantle

I find Taking Up the Mantle an exhilarating story, competently and courageously told by an insider who has managed a historian’s appropriate distance. It deserves to be read widely and must now be considered the standard English-language treatment of a story that, one trusts, has only begun.

Rev David A. Baer, PhD
President & CEO,
Overseas Council, Indianapolis

In this original work, J. Daniel Salinas corrects at least two major misconceptions about Latin American theological reflection – that its only expression is liberation theology and that it has been mostly non-existent in evangelical circles. This is a must read to get a comprehensive perspective on Latin American evangelical theologies during the twentieth century.

Elizabeth Sendek, MA
President,
Biblical Seminary of Colombia, Medellin, Colombia

The sober message is that while these Latin American scholars and leaders have been exemplary – and in many ways successful – many challenges remain. Salinas’s work underscores the reality that the task of developing a Latin American evangelical theology remains a current and ongoing challenge.

John G. Bernard, DMin
President, United World Mission

1. Foreword
2. Acknowledgments
3. Abbreviations


4. 1. Introduction
   
   
   2. Beginnings
   
   
   3. The First Generation of Latin American Evangelicals Doing Theology: From Panama 1916 to Buenos Aires 1946
   
   
   4. The Second Generation: From Buenos Aires 1949 to Cochabamba 1970
   
   
   5. Evangelicals Searching for Their Identity and Theology: The Seventies and Eighties
   
   
   6. Definition and Maturity
   
   
   7. Conclusion


5. Bibliography
6. Index