The Reluctant Prophet

ISBN-13: 9783639035636 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 172 str.

O. Julio Torres

Opis

The transformation of Archbishop Romero from conservative priest to international human rights icon has puzzled the millions of people influenced by his example. In this work the author endeavors, using the psychological and theological tools available, to understand this remarkable process. The books follows Romero from chidhood through his humble beginnings as a country priest to his elevation to the highest position in the hierarchy and attempts to understand the process leading to his conversion. For this purpose he interviewed Romeros relatives and close friends and associates. The picture that emerges is that of a deeply conflicted man who struggled with his own pathology and reached the heights of heroism to the point of martyrdom. The book may prove helpful to those involved in the ongoing work of personal and social transformation by bringing the figure of one of the greatest persons of the twentieth century closer to us as a human being an a model for emulation. It is also a novel contribution to the growing field of Romero Studies.

O autorze

Torres, Julio O. The author is a Salvadoran Episcopal priest who lived and worked in El Salvador with Archbishop Oscar Romero during the turbulent years leading to that country's bloody Civil War. He ministered to Salvadoran refugees in Nicaragua during the 1980's. His doctoral dissertation in Psychology and Religion was a psycho-biography of the martyred archbishop. He lives and works in New York City.