Guillermo W. Méndez (born 1955) is a

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n theologian, educated in Guatemala, Central America, and in North America. After two decades serving as a

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Professor in Guatemala, deeply challenged by Liberation Theology, he researched

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and

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. Former member of the Latin American Theological Fraternity and the theological commission of the

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, he developed a concern for the poor and engaged in the transformation of the Civil Law system of his native Guatemala, to undermine the privileges of the ruling political class and reform, through political and legal means, the State of Guatemala. Professor Méndez has proposed the celebration of a national and international day of

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, a celebration growing since 2003 in Guatemala, to call attention to the intromission of the legal system in matters of conscience, and to rethink the participation of Christians in political and social change. Founder of the Institute of Services to the Nation (ISN), a private funded civic organization registered in the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, ISN teaches and organizes population for change from a Judeo Christian perspective. Professor Méndez team teaches History of Religion in

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, Guatemala.

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(1978) * S. T. M.

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(1982) * M. A. S.

(1994)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mendez, Guillermo W. Living people 1955 births Guatemalan Roman Catholics 20th-century Roman Catholic theologians Universidad Francisco Marroquín alumni Academic staff of Universidad Francisco Marroquín 21st-century Roman Catholic theologians