Hans E. Offerdal

@hofferdal.bsky.social

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Adviser for international affairs at the University of Bergen (UiB). Latin America, México & liberation theology aficionado. Strong supporter of free speech, academic freedom and a humane world! Opinions are my own. Reposts are not necessarily endorsements

Facsimil de la ultima primera plana del periodico La Prensa en Nicaragua, 12 de agosto de 2021. “La dictadura retiene nuestro papel, pero no puede ocultar la verdad”.
Facsimiles of the front pages of La Capital, La Voz, Pagina12, Clarin, La Nacion and Ole, 20 July 2026.
Facsimile of the front pages of Diaro Sur, El Pais and 20 minutos (Spain), 20 July 2026.
Facsimiles of memorandum by Kissinger to Nixon 22 July 1969 and CIA study on the Church in Latin America. Full pdfs at https://static.history.state.gov/frus/frus1969-76ve10/pdf/d8.pdf https://static.history.state.gov/frus/frus1969-76ve10/pdf/d13.pdf
Facsmiles of the covers of Le Point, l'Humanite ((8 July), Le Figaro, Le Monde and Liberation (9 July).
Photo of philosopher Peter Kamptis (1942–2026)
“I am convinced of the orthodoxy of the theological work of Gustavo Gutiérrez. The liberation theology he represents is thoroughly orthodox and is aware of its limits within the whole context of Catholic theology…In agreement with the letter on Marxism of my highly esteemed former General Superior, Pedro Arrupe, I am convinced that the social sciences are of great significance for contemporary theology. The social sciences are not the norm for theology, since the latter is based on the message of Jesus Christ in the gospels and on the teaching of the Catholic Church; today, however, it is impossible to practice any kind of theology without taking the secular sciences into account.” - Karl Rahner, S.J., letter to Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts of Lima, 16 March 1984.
Brown, Robert McAfee. Spirituality and Liberation: Overcoming the Great Fallacy. 1. ed. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1988. Dussel, Enrique D., and Alejandro A. Vallega. Ethics of Liberation in the Age of Globalization and Exclusion. Latin America Otherwise : Languages, Empires, Nations. Durham: Duke University Press, 2013. Gutiérrez, Gustavo. We Drink from Our Own Wells: The Spiritual Journey of a People. 20th anniversary ed. Maryknoll, N.Y: Orbis Books, 2003, n.d. Sobrino, Jon. Spirituality of Liberation: Toward Political Holiness. Maryknoll, N.Y: Orbis Books, 1988.
Cover of the book Juan Luis Segundo THEOLOGY AND THE CHURCH: A RESPONSE TO CARDINAL RATZINGER AND A WARNING TO THE WHOLE CHURCH Minneapolis: Winston Press, 1985.
Covers of the books: Cardenal, Ernesto. The Gospel in Solentiname. Rev. one-vol. Ed. Orbis Books, 2010. Cassidy, Richard J. Jesus, Politics, and Society: A Study of Luke’s Gospel. Orbis Books, 1978. Cassidy, Richard J. Society and Politics in the Acts of the Apostles. Orbis Books, 1987. Gadenz, Pablo T. The Gospel of Luke. Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture. Baker Academic, 2018. González, Justo L. Luke. Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible. Westminster John Knox Press, 2010. Pixley, Jorge V., and Clodovis Boff. The Bible, the Church, and the Poor. Orbis Books, 1989. Segundo, Juan Luis, and Juan Luis Segundo. The Historical Jesus of the Synoptics. Jesus of Nazareth, Yesterday and Today, v. 2. Orbis Books, 1985. Sobrino, Jon. Christ the Liberator: A View from the Victims. Orbis Books, 2001. Sobrino, Jon. Jesus the Liberator: A Historical-Theological Reading of Jesus of Nazareth. Orbis Books, 1993. Tamez, Elsa. Bible of the Oppressed. Orbis Books, 1982.
Captura de pantalla de France24 en espanol, con periodista Daniella Zambrano informado desde La Guaira, Venezuela.
Facsimile of p. 8, The Guardian (London), 13 June 2026.
Facsimile of cover of The Week (U.S. edition), 12 June 2026. #AmericanColosseum
Facsimiles de las portadas de El Universal El Sol de Mexico, Al Dia, Excelsior, Diario de Yucatan, AM, El Heraldo de Mexico, 12 de junio de 2026.
Facsmilies de las primeras planas de La Razon, Ovaciones, La Prensa, El Sol de Mexico, y Reforma, 11 de juni de 2026.
Facsimil de la pagina A12, El Universal, 6 de junio de 2026.
Facsimiles of the books containing the "Latin American canon" of British author Graham Greene: The Power and the Glory (1940), Mexico. Our Man in Havana (1958), Cuba. The Comedians (1965), Haiti. Travels with My Aunt (1969), Paraguay. The Honorary Consul, (1973), Argentina.
Facsimil de la primera plana de El Universal, 6 de junio de 2026.
Pelé celebrating the World Cup win, 21 June 1970. PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Maradonna celebrating the World Cup win, 29 June 1986. PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Mexico's home jerseys, 1923-2026
Facsimiles of the covers of the books: Bornkamm, Günther. Jesus of Nazareth. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995. [Originally, published in German in 1956.] Crossan, John Dominic. Jesus : A Revolutionary Biography. New York: Harper Collins, 2009. [Originally published in 1994.] Ehrman, Bart D. Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Meier, John P. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume I The Roots of the Problem and the Person. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. Meier, John P. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume II Mentor, Message, and Miracles. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994. Meier, John P. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume III Companions and Competitors. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. Meier, John P. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume IV Law and Love. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Meier, John P. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume V Probing the Authenticity of the Parables. Yale University Press, 2016.
Facsimiles of the covers of the books Gutiérrez, Gustavo. We Drink from Our Own Wells : The Spiritual Journey of a People. New York: Orbis Books, 1984. Gutiérrez, Gustavo. The Truth Shall Make You Free : Confrontations. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1990.
Picture of John Paul II, with the quotes: “The "theology of liberation" is often connected (sometimes too exclusively) with Latin America; but it must be admitted that one of the great contemporary theologians, Hans Urs von Balthassar, is right when he demands a theology of liberation on a universal scale.” (General Audience, 21 February 1979) “we are convinced...that the theology of liberation is not only timely but useful and necessary. It should constitute a new state -in close connection with former ones- of the theological reflection initiated with the apostolic tradition and continued by the great fathers and doctors, by the ordinary and extraordinary magisterium and, in more recent years, by the rich patrimony of the church’s social doctrine, expressed in documents from Rerum Novarum to Laborem Exercens” (Letter to the Episcopal Conference of Brazil, 9 April 1986)
Capturas de pantalla de Noticias Caracol RTVC Noticias Notcias RCN
Facsimiles de las primeras planas de La Opinion, El Tiempo, El UNiversal, La Patria, Q'hubo y El Heraldo, 31 de mayo de 2026.
Facsimil de la pagina 24, La Jornada, 30 de mayo de 2026.
Facsimile of the covers of: Cone, James H. God of the Oppressed. Rev. ed. Orbis Books, 2008. Cone, James H. Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare? Orbis Books, 2012. Cone, James H. The Cross and the Lynching Tree. Paperback edition. Orbis Books, 2013. Cone, James H. A Black Theology of Liberation. Fiftieth anniversary edition. Orbis Books, 2020. Cone, James H., and Gayraud S. Wilmore, eds. Black Theology: A Documentary History. Vol. 1: 1966 - 1979. 2. ed., rev.7. printing. Orbis Books, 2004. Mays, Benjamin E. Born to Rebel: An Autobiography. University of Georgia Press, 2003. Thurman, Howard. Jesus and the Disinherited. With Vincent Harding. Beacon Press, 2012.
“In Laudato Si’, Francis provided the first significant systematic treatment of the environmental crisis in a social Encyclical, demonstrating that it is not an isolated issue, but rather the ecological aspect of the contemporary socio-economic crisis.” -POPE LEO XIV, MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS #43
Facsimiles of the covers of Magnifica Humanitas, CTS and Ignatius Press editions. https://ignatius.com/magnifica-humanitas-magnificent-humanity-mhh/ https://www.ctsbooks.org/product/magnifica-humanitas/
Facsimiles of the covers of the books: Daly, Mary. Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women’s Liberation. Boston: Beacon Press, 1973. Gebara, Ivone, and Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer. Mary, Mother of God, Mother of the Poor. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1989. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. The Woman’s Bible : Part I, the Pentateuch ; Part II, Judges, Kings, Prophets, and Apostles. Seattle, Wash.: Coalition Task Force on Women and Religion, [1895/98], 1974. Tamez, Elsa. Through Her Eyes: Women’s Theology from Latin America. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1987.
“the Church recognizes the positive potential of the market and private initiative only if they remain subordinate to the moral law and are guided by the principle of solidarity, without sacrificing the most vulnerable to the rationale of profit.” -POPE LEO XIV, MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS #39
Facsimiles of covers of the books: Brockman, James R. The Word Remains: A Life of Oscar Romero. Orbis Books, 1982. Brockman, James R. Romero: A Life. [Rev. ed. of: The word remains, and Romero: A Life]. Orbis Books, 1989. Brockman, James R. Romero: A Life: the Essential Biography of a Modern Martyr and Christian Hero. Orbis Books, 2005. (Slightly update of 1989 edition.) Dennis, Marie, Renny Golden, and Scott Wright. Oscar Romero: Reflections on His Life and Writings. Modern Spiritual Masters Series. Orbis Books, 2000. Erdozaín, Plácido. Archbishop Romero, Martyr of Salvador. Orbis Books, 1981. Lee, Michael Edward. Revolutionary Saint: The Theological Legacy of Óscar Romero. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2018. López Vigil, María. Monseñor Romero: Memories in Mosaic. Orbis Books, 2013. Romero, Óscar Arnulfo. Voice of the Voiceless: The Four Pastoral Letters and Other Statements. Orbis Books, 1985. Romero, Óscar Arnulfo. Voice of the Voiceless: The Four Pastoral Letters and Other Statements. With a new introduction by Michael E. Lee. Orbis Books, 2020. Romero, Óscar Arnulfo, and James R. Brockman. The Violence of Love. Orbis Books, 2004. Romero, Óscar A. The Church Cannot Remain Silent: Unpublished Letters and Other Writings. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2016. Romero, Óscar Arnulfo, and Todd Walatka. Words of Life: The Preaching of St. Óscar Romero. Orbis Books, 2026. Sobrino, Jon. Archbishop Romero: Memories and Reflections. Orbis Books, 1990. Sobrino, Jon. Archbishop Romero: Memories and Reflections. Revised edition. Orbis Books, 2018. Wright, Scott, and Octavio Durán. Oscar Romero and the Communion of the Saints: A Biography. Orbis Books, 2010. Wright, Scott, and Octavio Durán. Oscar Romero and the Communion of the Saints: A Biography. Revised edition. Orbis Books, 2016.
“I respect those who feel obliged in conscience to opt for violence-not the all too easy violence of armchair guerilleros -but those who have proved their sincerity by the sacrifice of their life. In my opinion, the memory of Camilo Torres and of Che Guevara merits as much respect as that of Martin Luther King. I accuse the real authors of violence: all those who, whether on the right or the left, weaken justice and prevent peace. My personal vocation is that of a pilgrim of peace, following the example of Paul VI; personally, I would prefer a thousand times to be killed than to kill.” DOM HÉLDER CÂMARA, IN PARIS 25 APRIL 1968. BRAZILIAN BISHOP DON HELDER CAMARA, AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE PAX CHRISTI PILGRIMAGE, AT A EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION IN DEN BOSCH, 27 OCTOBER 1974. PHOTO: HANS PETERS/ANEFO/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Facsimile of ad for A Theology of Liberation by Gustavo Gutierrez. National Catholic Reporter, 9 March 1973, p. 14.
Facsimile from National Catholic Reporter, 25 September 1970, p.11. Facsimile from National Catholic Reporter, 16 October 1970, p.7.
Facsimiles of front pages from the European press (The Times, Daily Star of Scotland, The Sun, Metro, Liberation Suddeutsche Zeitung, El Pais and la Repubblica) 25 February 2022.
Facsimile from National Catholic Reporter, Volume 6, Number 12, 21 January 1970, p. 3.
Facsimile of front page of National Catholic Reporter 11 May 1973. "Christianity can learn from Marxism"
Facsimiles of the logos of Al Jazeera, Sky News, DW, TRT World, Arirang, France24, Euronews, NHKWorld, CNA
Facsimiles of the front pages of EL UNiversal Milenio, Excelsior, El Sol de Mexico, La Cronica, La Razon and El Heraldo de Mexico, 23 May 2026.
Public domain photos of presidents Putin, Trump and Xi.
Facsimiles of covers of the books: Sölle, Dorothee. Suffering. Fortress Press, 1975. Sölle, Dorothee. Theology for Skeptics: Reflections on God. Fortress Press, 1995. Sölle, Dorothee. Against the Wind: Memoir of a Radical Christian. Translated by Barbara Rumscheidt and Martin Rumscheidt. Fortress Press, 1999. Sölle, Dorothee. The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance. Translated by Barbara Rumscheidt and Martin Rumscheidt. Fortress Press, 2001. Wind, Renate. Dorothee Soelle: Mystic and Rebel; the Biography. Fortress Press, 2012.
Facsimiles of covers of the books: Pinnock, Sarah K., ed. The Theology of Dorothee Soelle. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2003. Sölle, Dorothee. Beyond Mere Obedience : Reflections on a Christian Ethic for the Future. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1970. [Sölle, Dorothee. Phantasie Und Gehorsam : Überlegungen Zu Einer Künftigen Christlichen Ethik. Stuttgart: Kreuz-Verlag, 1968.] Sölle, Dorothee. The Window of Vulnerability : A Political Spirituality. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990. [Sölle, Dorothee. Das Fenster Der Verwundbarkeit : Theol.-Polit. Texte. Stuttgart: Kreuz-Verl., 1987.]
Facsimile of covers of the books Pope, Stephen J., ed. Hope and Solidarity: Jon Sobrino’s Challenge to Christian Theology. Orbis Books, 2008. Sobrino, Jon, and Charo Marmól. Theology without Deception: God, the Poor, and Reality in El Salvador. Orbis Books, 2023.
Images of Card. Víctor Manuel Fernández, head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), 2023 –; Jesuit Jon Sobrino, Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas“ (UCA El Salvador) ; cover of the book Sobrino, Jon. No Salvation Outside the Poor: Prophetic-Utopian Essays. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2008.
“the Church presents herself as she is. She wishes to be the Church of all, and especially the Church of the poor.” Pope John XXIII, 1962 RADIO ADDRESS 11 SEPTEMBER, 1962