''The Gospel in Solentiname'' ( es, El Evangelio en Solentiname, link=no) is a collection of commentary on the

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...

s, written by Ernesto Cardenal. Originally published in four Spanish-language volumes between 1975 and 1977, English translations appeared in 1976, 1978, 1979, and 1982 and became available in a single volume in 2010. The commentary was made by a group of peasants in

Solentiname The Solentiname Islands () are an archipelago towards the southern end of Lake Nicaragua (also known as Lake Cocibolca) in the Nicaraguan department of Río San Juan. They are made up of four larger islands, each a few kilometres across, named, ...

, an archipelago in Nicaragua. Cardenal held these discussions during the peak of the

Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...

, when Nicaragua was ruled by the Somoza dictatorship. These discussions became a way to address issues such as

class conflict Class conflict, also referred to as class struggle and class warfare, is the political tension and economic antagonism that exists in society because of socio-economic competition among the social classes or between rich and poor. The forms ...

and government suppression through gospel-centred discussions, analysis, and action. ''The Gospel in Solentiname'' contained radical readings of the gospels, stating that the God of the

Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...

is a God that sides with the poor, because God is love, and love can only exist with accordance with equality and justice. __NOTOC__

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