C. René Padilla and the Origins of Integral Mission in Post-War Latin America

This article discusses the origins of ‘misión integral’ or integral mission, a term coined by the Ecuadorian theologian C. René Padilla (b. 1932). As the first critical study of Padilla, it argues that the origins of ‘misión integral’ are to be found within a cluster of political and social forces t...

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Published in:The journal of ecclesiastical history
Main Author: Kirckpatrick, David C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2016]
In: The journal of ecclesiastical history
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Padilla, C. René 1932-2021 / Latin America / Evangelical movement / Mission / Social justice
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBR Latin America
KDG Free church
NCC Social ethics
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Biography 1932-1977
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Summary:This article discusses the origins of ‘misión integral’ or integral mission, a term coined by the Ecuadorian theologian C. René Padilla (b. 1932). As the first critical study of Padilla, it argues that the origins of ‘misión integral’ are to be found within a cluster of political and social forces that were reshaping post-war Latin America: rural-urban migration, the resulting complications of urbanisation and the rapid expansion of the universities, where Marxist ideas of revolutionary change were of growing appeal to students. This article relies on interviews with many of the leading personalities involved, together with personal papers, archival research and Latin American census data.
ISSN:1469-7637
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0022046915001670