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Many Christians struggle to connect their faith with social justice. If God is a loving God, then why does he allow injustices to exist? What does God's Word have to say about poverty and racism? If God loves immigrants and the poor, then why do so many Christians actually promote injustice? 1.2 million young people are leaving the church in America every year, many because of the broken witness of numerous Christians toward immigrants, the poor, the disabled, and the incarcerated.
The faithful life witness and writings of Bartolomé de Las Casas offer understandings and answers to the many "why's" being asked by so many young people today. Though he lived five hundred years ago, Las Casas wrestled with many of the same theological questions raised by young Christians today. As a pastor, he was one of the first to write Christian books documenting and condemning racial abuses toward native Americans. Today, we still have much to learn from Las Casas about faithful Christian witness.
ISBN
978-1-955424-12-7
Publication Date
2022
Publisher
TUMI Press & Samuel Morris Publications
City
Wichita, KS & Upland, IN
Keywords
"Casas, Bartolomé de las", "Indians, Treatment of", Latin America, Racial justice, Image of God, Missions, Christian life
Recommended Citation
Romero, Robert Chao and Canales, Marcos, "Las Casas on Faithful Witness" (2022). Sacred Roots Spiritual Classics. 5.
https://pillars.taylor.edu/spiritualclassics/5
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OCLC Permalink: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1308979360
Sacred roots spiritual classics, 8