Once considered revolutionary, his notion of empathy and advocacy for the poor has become a central tenet of Catholic social ...

Moved by this suffering, Gutiérrez, a member of the Dominican order, published his most influential book, A Theology of ...

Peruvian theologian the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, the father of the social justice-centered liberation theology that the ...

Gustavo Gutierrez, the Peruvian Catholic priest and professor credited with launching the influential and controversial ...

Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, who has died aged 96, was probably the most original and contested theologian of the 20th century, ...

Interview. After the death of Gustavo Gutiérrez, sociologist Michael Löwy, author of The War of the Gods: Religion and ...

In a world that was coming to understand the structural underpinnings of poverty and violence, Father Gutiérrez was a prophet ...

The father of liberation theology endured much criticism, but he lived to see his groundbreaking work transform ...

As a Catholic priest in Peru, he championed a new approach to theology emphasizing help for the poor and downtrodden.

Once criticized by Catholic conservatives and the Vatican, Gutiérrez and his emphasis on caring for the poor were ...

Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez, founder of the liberation theology movement, which sparked both great hopes and ...

Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian priest and revered father of Latin American liberation theology, has died at the age of 96.