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Liberation Theologies

A research guide on library resources and discovery tools for liberation theologies -- Latin American, Black, and East Asian. Use this guide as a starting point for research.

Gustavo Gutiérrez

Gustavo Gutiérrez (born 1928) is a Peruvian Dominican Priest, and one of the founders of liberation theology.


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Leonardo Boff

Leonardo Boff (born 1938) is a Brazilian theologian and former Franciscan priest.


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Jon Sobrino

Jon Sobrino (born 1938) is a Spanish Jesuit priest who worked in El Salvador.


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José Míguez Bonino

José Míguez Bonino (1924-2012) was an Argentine theologian in the Methodist tradition, educated in the United States at Candler School of Theology and Union Theological Seminary. He was active in the ecumenism movement and in Argentine politics.


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Juan Luis Segundo

Juan Luis Segundo (1925-1996) was an Uruguayan Jesuit priest. 


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