Both books presented to us by Mariano Delgado, the Selection of Works of Bartolomé de Las Casas and Farewell to the Conquering God, focus on similar themes. Farewell to the Conquering God comprises a number of studies presented as part of a thesis submitted for the certificate of habilitation in fundamental theology in the Department of Theology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. This work is primarily directed to specialists, especially theologians working on Christian missions. Delgado first summarizes the debate on liberation theology and then develops his own fundamental theological concept of a “farewell to the conquering God.”
In 1994 Delgado published a selection of the works of Bartolomé de Las Casas. Because the selections were not made to appeal to an esoteric audience, the book begins with a detailed introduction to the work and life of the Americas’ most famous Dominican missionary; the introduction leads the reader...
