EPICA's Library

Main Topics:

Voices from the South

• Toward the New Millennium
• 500 Years of Indigenous and Black Resistance
• The Struggle for Democratization in the Americas
• Globalization: Between Survival and Hope
• Women Transform the Face of Politics
• Human Rights and the Search for Truth

  Faith in Action: Another World is Possible

• The Church of the Poor in the Americas
• Christian Base Communities in the Americas
• The Witness of the Martyrs
• Solidarity for the New Millennium
• From the Editors of Challenge Magazine

Toward the New Millennium

• A Shared Table: Meditation on the Jubilee Year 2000
  From the Oscar Romero Pastoral Center of the UCA, San Salvador
• Dialogue Between the Peoples of Latin America: Claiming Our Identity as One Great Nation
• The Miracle of the Dawn: 500 Years of Faith and Resistance  by Rigoberta Menchú
• The 1990s: Hope for the Third World by Pablo Richard
• Liberation Theology in the New International Context New Themes and Challenges by Pablo Richard

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500 Years of Indigenous and Black Resistance

• A Modest Proposal for Collecting the European Debt by Luis Britto Garcia
• Dangerous Memories and Cultural Resistance by Renny Golden
• Bringing A Little Bit of Heaven to Earth An Interview with Gonzalo Ituarte, O.P.
• 500 Years 0f Evangelization and Colonization by Rigoberta Menchu
• The Hour of Indigenous People Has Come to the Americas by Bishop Samuel Ruiz
• The Challenge from the South: Indigenous and Blacks Speak Out Against Racism in the Americas
• Theological Perspectives on the Quincentenary Not With Nostalgial, But Hope by Gustavo Gutierrez
• Indigenous Communities in Panama Call for Solidarity
  

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The Struggle for Democratization in the Americas

• Haiti: Elections Under Occupation by Marx Aristide
• Hope On the Horizon? The 1996 Nicaraguan Elections by Rita D'Escoto Clark
• Reconciliation: The Fundamental Challenge in Post-War Guatemala by Steve Deal
• Guatemala: Even A National Blackout Could Not Dampen Indigenous Spirit by Vincent Delgado
• Nicaragua 1997: A New Administration, Old Problems Worsening by Joseph E. Mulligan, S.J.
• Elusive Peace in El Salvador An Interview with Rev. Edgar Palacios
• Guatemala: Is a Reconciliation Possible? Interview with Jesús Tecu Osorio and Carlos Chen
• Election Triumph in El Salvador
• Beyond Conquest: The Dawning of Democracy in Mexico by Kathryn S. Vargas

Globalization: Between Survival and Hope

Women Transform the Face of Politics

• Shalom: The Peace We Want in Central America
• Draft Platform at Beijing
• From El Salvador to China: Salvadoran Women Inspired in Beijing
• Guatemalan Indigenous Widows Speak Organize for Life
• Opening a Door to Women in El Salvador
• Ten Years After: Women in Sandinista Nicaragua
• Central America Women's Conference
• The Protagonistic Role of Women in Latin America
• Hoping Against Hope: Theological Perspectives on Women and Poverty
• Weavers of the Future: Guatemalan Women Speak
• Women Challenge the Revolution in Central America
• Women Join Forces at Beijing: Call for Equality, Development and Peace
• Women and the Ecological Crisis in the Dominican Republic
  

Human Rights and the Search for Truth

• Guatemala: Truth Crushed to Earth Will Rise Again!
• Birthing Pains of Something New
• The Blood Darkens the Sky: Cuarto Pueblo Massacre
• An Embargo Against "The Least of These"
• Looking in the Ashes: The Right to Truth in Guatemala
• Military Bases and Toxic Wastes Carry A High Cost
• Seven Years After the U.S. Invasion of Panama
• We Must Stand Up to the Military
• We Are Determined to Be Free!

The Church of the Poor in the Americas

• This Ground is Holy Ground: Journey to the Guatemalan Highlands of El Quiché by Fernando Bermudez
• Revolutionary Christians in a Changing World
• Doing a Theology of Memory: Counting Crosses and Resurrections by Marcella Althaus-Reid
• Haiti's "Little Church" and the Poor: A Church in Conflict with the Hierarchy
• The Church of the Poor in the 1990s by Pablo Richard
• The Rebellion of the Excluded 1994 Lenten Reflection by Bishop Samuel Ruiz
• "Solidarity Comes First" An Interview with Bishop Samuel Ruiz
• Defending the Rights of the Poor in Panama An Interview with Father Conrado Sanjur
• The Church of the Poor and the Revolution By Miguel Ventura
• Acts of Faith: The Church of the Poor One Year Later by Maria Lopez Vigil

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Christian Base Communities in the Americas

• Seeds for a New Planting: Christian Base Communities in Nicaragua by Indiana Acevedo
• Accompanying the Squatters: The Homily of a Jailed Priest by Father Elias Arias Benavides
• The Guns No Longer Thunder in the Mountains by Uvaldo Gervasoni
• Even If the Harvest Dries An Interview with a Baptist Minister in Cuba by Estela Hernandez
• Guatemala: "Our Eyes Were Opened" A Mayan Woman Speaks by Elena Ixcot, with assistance by Felipe Ixcot
• A Life of Constant Struggle by Jean Baptiste
• Interview with Armando
• The Faith of Indigenous Christians by Mariano Martinez
• The Elders Dreamed of Fire: Religion and Repression in the Guatemalan Highlands by Victor Montejo
• The Vision of Chepe Perez by Rosario Murillo
• Seeds of a Liberating Church by Trinidad Jesus Nieto
• Reflection from a Christian Base Community An Option for Life  Rosa's Story
• Seeking an Encounter with the Poor: The Historic Christian Base Communities of Panama- An Interview with Father Conrado Sanjur
• Organizing Is the New Name for Love

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The Witness of the Martyrs

• The Dark Night of Resistance: Pastoral Work in the Ixcán
• Death and Resurrection in Guatemala
• Martyrdom and Hope in El Quiché
• Monsignor Romero: You Will Live Forever
• Remembering Archbishop Romero
• The Crucified Christ of the Americas
• Archbishop Romero Lives in the Song, Dance and Theater of Youth
• The Legacy of Archbishop Romero
• They Can Take My Body, But Not My Soul
• We Hold Romero's Life in Our Hands

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Solidarity for the New Millennium

• The Victory of Life: Homily of Gustavo Gutierrez
• Proclaiming Jubilee: The Year of God's Favor
• "50 Years Is Enough!" Women Challenge the World Bank

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From the Editors of Challenge Magazine

• A Liberating Faith in El Salvador
• A Light in the Darkness of Guatemala
• A Fresh Look at Liberation in Practice
• Crisis and Hope for Central America
• 1992: Dangerous Memories, Hopeful Visions
• A New Woman, A New Power in Central America
• Neo-Liberal Wars in Central America
• A Letter from the Editors Let the Light of Solidarity Shine in Haiti
• A Letter from the Editors Chiapas, Mexico: The Cry from Below
• From the Editors Crisis in the Caribbean
• A Letter From the Editors The U.S. and Cuba: Time for Truth
• A Letter From the Editors Oscar Romero: Leading the Way to the Kingdom
• Women Bear the Burden and Offer the Hope
• Is It Democracy?
• Remembering Honduras
• Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor
• Reconciliation in Post-War Central America

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