Edryan Paul J. Colmenares, SJ’s “A Framework for Christian Social Involvement from the Writings of Dean Brackley SJ: Scriptural and Theological Foundations” explores the work of the El Salvadorian Jesuit liberation theologian, Dean Brackley, and its scriptural and theological foundations. Beginning with a brilliant exposition of the theology of the Reign of God and its implications, it proceeds to compare Brackley’s thoughts with the ideas of two other great theologians, namely, Karl Rahner and Gustavo Gutierrez. It then gathers the insights of Brackley into a framework that can complement the pastoral cycle and compares this with two other frameworks: one by Jacques Maritain and the other by Juan Luis Segundo. What results is a proposal towards a more level-headed, contextually-rooted, interdisciplinary, and spiritually grounded framework for Christian social action that is hoped to be more politically effective in responding to current and future social issues in the light of faith.

