Blood and Ink
Subtitle: Ignacio Ellacuría, Jon Sobrino, and the Jesuit martyrs of the University of Central America
By: Robert Lassalle-Klein
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Maryknoll, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9781626980631
Subjects: Politics and government; Political activity; History; Victims of state sponsored terrorism; Biography; Martyrs; Liberation theology; Poverty; Jesuits; Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas
Description: In November 1989, six members of the Jesuit community of the University of Central America in San Salvador, including the rector, Igancio Ellacuria, were massacred by government troops. Twenty-five years later, this book provides the definitive account of the path that led to that fateful day, focusing on the Jesuits' prophetic option for the poor, their role in the renewal of the Salvadoran church and society, and the critical steps that caused them as Archbishop Romero would put it, to "share the same fate as the poor."
Drawing on newly available archival materials and extensive interviews, Robert Lassalle-Klein gives special attention to the theological contribution of Ellacuria and Jon Sobrino, who survived the massacre, and the emergence among the community of a spirituality that recognized the risen Christ in what Ellacuria called "the crucified people of El Salvador."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Presentation (Preface); title: Foreword; title: With Hope and Gratitude; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: "It's Us or Them!"; label: Part I
title: Awakening to God in the Historical Reality of the People of El Salvador; label: 1
title: Grasping the Historical Reality of El Salvador (1965-1969); title: Discontent with the Unfulfilled Promises of Development; title: The Latin American Church charts Its Own Path; title: A Deafening Cry: The Conversion of the Central American Jesuits to the Preferential Option for the Poor; label: 2
title: Taking Responsibility for the Historical Reality of El Salvador (1969-1979); title: Toward a University That Serves Its People: The Presidency of Fr. Luis Achaerandio (1969-1974) and the Speech to the Inter-American Bank; title: Consolidating the New Idea of the University: The Presidency of Dr. Roman Mayorga (1975-1979); title: The Church in Defense of Civil Society; label: 3
title: Transforming the Historical Reality of El Salvador (1979-1989); title: Battle for the Soul of Civil Society: State-Sponsored Violence versus the Voice of Prophecy; title: Gradual Emergence of a New Kind of Christian University; title: Role of the UCA in the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Salvadoran Civil Society; title: Conclusion; label: Part II
title: Doint Theology with the Crucified People and Those Who Love Them; title: Introduction; label: 4
title: The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius; title: A Daring Challenge; title: Theologian of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius; label: 5
title: Ellacuria's Philosophy of Historical Reality; title: Mentor and Student; title: Zubiri's Critique of the Evasion of Reality in the West; title: Free to Get Real: Sentient Intelligence and the Primacy of Reality; title: Ellacuria's Christian (or Theological) Historical Realism: Innovations; label: 6
title: Gloria Dei, Vivens Pauper; title: "In Santiago de Maria I Ran into Suffering" (1970-1977); title: Monsenor Romero: Sent by God to Save His People (1977-1980); label: 7
title: Mysterium Salutis; title: Studies with the Great Theologian of the Council; title: Historical Reality and Holy Mystery; title: The Crucified People: Scandal and Sign of Salvation; title: Conclusion; label: Part III
title: Bearing the Spirit to a Suffering World; title: Introduction; label: 8
title: Mysterium Liberationis; title: Introduction: Liberation and the Historicty of Salvation; title: istory of Salvation: Two Aspects of a Larger Whole; title: Salvation History is a Salvation in History; title: The Historical Reality of Jesus; title: Historical Soteriology and the Crucified People; label: 9
title: Analogatum Princeps of the Historical Reality of jesus; title: Introduction; title: The Historical Reality of Jesus as Starting Point for Latin American "Saving History" Christology; title: "Rising Up" from the Historical Reality of Jesus to the Christ of Faith; title: "Raising Up" Living Signs to the Resurrection: "An Act Proper to God Himself"; title: Conclusion; label: Conclusion
title: Living Signs of the Resurrection; title: Where We Have Been?; title: Whom Did They See?; title: Their Christological Spirituality: Recognizing Jesus in the Crucified People; title: Companions of Jesus: Bearers of Jesus' Holy Spirit to the People of El Salvador; title: An Easter Event: Sacrament of the Mystery of God; title: Transforming the Historical Reality of the Americas