دانلود کتاب Christians for Socialism: Highlights from Chile's Religious Revolution

This booklet was produced in 1973 in the United States as a "report" on the creation of the group Christians for Socialism in Allende era Chile. This movement was intimately tied up with the famous "80 priests" who openly advocated socialism, the inter-confessional debates prompted within the Catholic Church, and the broader upheaval in Latin America. Like their Colombian counter-parts, the "Golconda Priests," young priests had embraced a commitment to liberation theology and a reading of the gospel that privileged the poor. Many devout laypeople and clergy (primarily Catholic) participated directly in some way or another in guerrilla and revolutionary movements.

The chapter headings give you a hint as to how charged this moment was: the 80 priests speak with Fidel Castro, Castro invites twelve Chilean priests to Cuba, a Convocation in memorial of Camilo Torres (a priest who fought with Marxist guerrillas in Colombia and was promptly killed).

Ephemera like this will hopefully be useful to researchers, activists, and the faithful seeking to take action today. It reminds us of the long tradition of "leftism" and liberation theology in many faiths including many still strong today: black liberation theology, Palestinian political theology, South African Islamic liberation theology, and "womanist" theology. Additionally, it captures a moment in time, aesthetically and politically, which continues to have reverberations today.