This presentation will explore the history of theology and Catholic liberation thought in Latin America since the 1960s as well as the influence of liberation theology on this side of the border.

Dr. Blase Bonpane is Director of the Office of the Americas in Los Angeles is a peace advocate group that monitors human rights issues in Latin America and Professor of Political Science, Philosophy, and Humanities at Los Angeles Harbor College. He is the author of Guerrillas of Peace and the Central American Revolution and Guerrillas of Peace on the Air. In 1984 the City of Los Angeles awarded a Certificate of Commendation to Blase Bonpane for his pursuit of peace in Central America.

This event is being sponsored by the UCSB Departments of Religious Studies, Chicano Studies, IHC Catholic Studies Research Focus Group, and IHC Chicano/Latino/Mexicano Research Focus Group. It is co-sponsored by the UCSB Office of the Chancellor, Division of Social Science, College of Letters & Science, Hispanic Churches in American Public Life Program, Latin American & Iberian Studies, and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center.