Abstract
This article explores the way in which the theology of John A. Mackay prepared the way for the development of liberation theology as well as its reception among some sectors of Latin American Protestantism. Mackay’s formulation of the theological task as taking place on the road rather than on the balcony taught Latin American Protestants to think about God and the cause of God’s reign from within their own contexts. Mackay also insisted that theological reflection must be preceded by a commitment to work for justice. Mackay expected Christians, both Protestants and Catholics, to be involved in the revolutionary movements that he believed would shape the future of Latin America. Mackay called on the church to move to the margins of society, just as liberation theology would do later. Thus we see in Mackay’s writings a foreshadowing of both the content and method of Latin American liberation theology.
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