The Gospel in Solentiname (Spanish: El Evangelio en Solentiname) is a collection of commentary on the Christian gospels, written by Ernesto Cardenal. Originally published in four Spanish-language volumes between 1975 and 1977, English translations appeared in 1976, 1978, 1979, and 1982 and became available in a single volume in 2010. The commentary was made by a group of peasants in Solentiname, an archipelago in Nicaragua.
Cardenal held these discussions during the peak of the Cold War, when Nicaragua was ruled by the Somoza dictatorship. These discussions became a way to address issues such as class conflict and government suppression through gospel-centred discussions, analysis, and action. The Gospel in Solentiname contained radical readings of the gospels, stating that the God of the Bible is a God that sides with the poor, because God is love, and love can only exist with accordance with equality and justice.
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Footnotes
- Cardenal 2010, p. iv; Jones 1977, p. 468; Selejan 2015, p. 154.
- Selejan 2015, p. 164.
- Cadorette et al. 2004, p. 292.
- ^ Cardenal 2010.
- Kim 2013.
- Montoya 1995, p. 37.
Bibliography
- Cadorette, Curt; Giblin, Marie; Legge, Marilyn J.; Snyder, Mary H., eds. (2004) . Liberation Theology: An Introductory Reader. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 978-1-59244-673-5.
- Cardenal, Ernesto (2010). The Gospel in Solentiname. Translated by Walsh, Donald D. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books. ISBN 978-1-57075-902-4.
- Jones, Robin L. W. (1977). "Review of Love in Practice: The Gospel in Solentiname by Ernesto Cardenal". Theology. 80 (678): 468–469. doi:10.1177/0040571X7708000630. ISSN 2044-2696.
- Kim, Mee-Ae (2013). "Liberation and Theology: A Pedagogical Challenge". The History Teacher. 46 (4): 601–612. ISSN 0018-2745. JSTOR 43264161.
- Montoya, Rosario (1995). "Liberation Theology and the Socialist Utopia of a Nicaraguan Shoemaker". Social History. 20 (1): 23–43. doi:10.1080/03071029508567923. ISSN 0307-1022. JSTOR 4286245.
- Selejan, Ileana L. (2015). "War in Paradise: Solentiname and the Sandinista Revolution". Visual Studies. 30 (2): 151–165. doi:10.1080/1472586X.2015.1024961. ISSN 1472-5878. S2CID 142668516. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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