Latin American Periodicals

About the Collection

[Wright Library’s] periodical collection of Latin American ecclesiastical and theological matters is probably the best in the United States and certainly one of the best in the world. It includes journals one did not even know existed! There are historical reasons for the wealth of this collection. As always in history, there are names to be remembered, administrators like John A. Mackay, [Princeton Seminary] President from 1936 to 1959, who was fluent in Spanish, had traveled and worked for a good number of years in Latin America and Spain, and had written a dissertation on Unamuno; scholars like Richard Shaull, [Princeton Seminary] Professor of Ecumenics from 1962 to 1980, fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, and well known and respected through Latin America. Enrique Dussel has rightfully considered him one of the antecessors of Latin American liberation theology. They made the right decisions to make sure that [Wright Library] would be home to a splendid Latin American bibliographical collection. [Wright Library] has shown its serious engagement to house and preserve a rich and diverse Latin American ecclesiastical and theological bibliographical collection. During the last years, under the influence of the growing US Hispanic/Latina/o theologies and some of its institutional expressions, like the Hispanic Theological Initiative and the Hispanic Summer Program, the collection has expanded to include matters regarding the US Hispanic/Latina/o churches. It houses, for example, the latest doctoral dissertations written by Hispanic theologians.

The piece from which these excepts come was originally published in Journeys: advancing theological reflection through Hispanic eyes.

How to Access the Latin American Periodical Collection

In Summon and the print catalog

Bibliographic records for individual titles in the Latin American Periodical Collection appear in Summon and the print catalog. When the exact title is known, it can be searched using the Title field. 

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In the Theological Commons

Thousands of issues from these periodicals have also been digitized and included in the Theological Commons, a digital library of materials on theology and religion.