Justo L.

Gonz�lez
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Justo L. Gonz�lez (born August 9, 1937) is a Cuban-American Methodist historian and
theologian. He is a prolific author and an influential contributor to the
development of Latin American theology. His wife, Catherine Gunsalus Gonz�lez, is a
Professor Emerita at Columbia Theological Seminary, and the two have co-authored
several books.

Contents
1 Education
2 Teaching
3 Writings
4 Notes
5 Bibliography
Education
Justo L. Gonz�lez was born in Havana, Cuba on August 9, 1937, attended United
Seminary in Cuba, received his M.A. from Yale, and then went on to receive his
Ph.D. He was the youngest person to be awarded the historical theology doctorate at
Yale.

Teaching
Gonz�lez taught at the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico for eight years,
followed by another eight years at Candler School of Theology of Emory University
in Georgia. Now retired, he also served as adjunct professor of history at Columbia
Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia and at the Interdenominational Theological
Center in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a retired member of the Rio Grande
Conference of The United Methodist Church.

He is a leading voice in the growing field of Hispanic theology,[1][2][3][4]

comparable to such figures as Virgilio Elizondo, Orlando Costas,[5] and Ada Maria
Isasi-Diaz. Gonz�lez is one of the few first generation Latino theologians to come
from a Protestant background[6] With Mexican-American United Methodist minister Roy
Barton, Gonz�lez helped found the first academic journal related to Latino/a
theology, Apuntes, published by the Mexican American Program of Perkins School of
Theology at Southern Methodist University.[7] He also helped to found the
Association for Hispanic Theological Education,[8] for which he has twice served as
Executive Council Chair.[9] He was the first Director of the Hispanic Summer
Program[10] and helped found the Hispanic Theological Initiative.[11][12]

A festschrift has been published for him: Hispanic Christian Thought at the Dawn of
the 21st century: Apuntes in Honor of Justo L. Gonz�lez, edited by Alvin Padilla,
Roberto Goizueta, Eldin Villafa�e (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005) with
contributions from Roman Catholic and Protestant Latina and Latino theologians,
historians, and biblical scholars.

Justo Gonz�lez is the main narrator for the video lessons of the Christian Believer
study course from Cokesbury publishing.

Gonzalez is also the recipient of the Ecumenism Award from Washington Theological
Consortium. This was awarded to him because of his ecumenical work that aims to
unify churches with a variety of denominational backgrounds.[13]

Writings
In 1984�5 Gonz�lez wrote a popular two volume textbook entitled The Story of
Christianity that covers the history of the church from founding till the present
in a readable style. He is also the author of a three volume work titled History of
Christian Thought. Both works commonly are used as college and seminary textbooks.

Additional books include:

Gonz�lez, Justo L, Acts: The Gospel of the Spirit (2001).

���, �Alabadle!: Hispanic Christian Worship (1996).
���, The Apostle's Creed for Today (2007).
���, The Changing Shape of Church History (2002).
���, Christian Thought Revisited: Three Types of Theology (1999).
���, A Concise History of Christian Doctrine (2006).
���, Essential Theological Terms (2005).
���, Faith and Wealth: A History of Early Christian Ideas on the Origin,
Significance, and Use of Money (2002).
���, For the Healing of the Nations: The Book of Revelation in an Age of Cultural
Conflict (1999).
���, Para la Salud de las Naciones : El Apocalipsis en tiempos de conflicto entre
culturas (2006) [For the Healing of the Nations: The Book of Revelation in an Age
of Cultural Conflict] (in Spanish).
���, Heretics for Armchair Theologians (2008).
���, The History of Theological Education (2015).
���, The Liberating Pulpit (2003).
���, Ma�ana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic Perspective (1990).
���, Out of Every Tribe & Nation: Christian Theology at the Ethnic Roundtable
(1992).
���, Santa Biblia: The Bible through Hispanic Eyes (1996).
���, The Story Luke Tells: Luke's Unique Witness to the Gospel (2015).
���, Three Months with Revelation (2004).
���, Tres meses en la escuela de Patmos: Estudios sobre el Apocalipsis (1997)
[Three Months in the School of Patmos: Studies in Revelation] (in Spanish).
���, Introducci�n a la historia de la iglesia (2011) [Introduction to the History
of the Church] (in Spanish).

Notes
Ba�uelas, Arturo J (2004), "US Hispanic Theology: An Initial Assessment", in
Ba�uelas, Mestizo Christianity: Theology from the Latino Perspective, Maryknoll:
Orbis, pp. 53�82.
Aponte, Edwin David; De La Torre, Miguel A, eds. (2006), Handbook of Latina/o
Theologies, St Louis: Chalice.
Fernandez, Eduardo C (2000), La Cosecha: Harvesting Contemporary United States
Hispanic Theology, 1972�1998, Liturgical.
De La Torre, Miguel A; Aponte, Edwin David (2001), Introducing Latino/a
Theologies, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis.
Rossing, John P (1988), "Mestizaje and Marginality: A Hispanic American Theology",
Theology Today, PTSEM, 45 (3): 293�304, doi:10.1177/004057368804500304, archived
from the original on June 28, 2007.
"Hispanic theologians", Religion link (list).
Cortez, Marc (April 3, 2004), Ma�ana Theology: The Challenge of US Hispanic
Theology for Theological Education in the 21st Century (DOC) (paper), Portland, OR:
The Evangelical Theological Society.
About, AETH.
Ex-directors, AETH.
"History", HSP, Drew.
About, HTI program.
News (press release), Baylor.
Prayer for Christian Unity and Figel Address, Washington Theological Consortium.
Bibliography
Gonzalez, Justo L (1984), The Story of Christianity (paperback)|format= requires |
url= (help), One: The Early Church to the Reformation, Harper Perennial, ISBN 0-06-
063315-8.
��� (1985), The Story of Christianity (paperback)|format= requires |url= (help),
Two: The Reformation to the Present Day, Harper Perennial, ISBN 0-06-063316-6.
��� (1999), The Story of Christianity: The Early Church to the Present Day (2nd
complete in one volume ed.), Peabody, MA: Prince Press, ISBN 1-56563-522-1.
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