He would later pursue a BA in philosophy and a MA in theology at Wheaton College, before continuing on to complete a PhD in the New Testament from the University of Manchester, under F. F. Bruce.
(meta data) TITLE: The Work Of The People - Rene Padilla - The Work Of The People ## films for discovery & transformation Sign In Browse All Film Series Visual Liturgy E-Courses # Rene Padilla C. René Padilla was born in Quito, Ecuador, and reared and Bogotá, Colombia. He has been living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, since 1967. He received a B. A. in Philosophy from Wheaton College, an M.A. in Theology from Wheaton College Graduate School, and a PhD in New Testament from the University of Manchester, England. In 1992 he was granted an honorary D.D. by Wheaton College. He is a founding member of the Latin American Theological Fellowship (FTL, its acronym in Spanish) and of the Kairos Foundation in Buenos Aires, Argentina. For twelve years, until recently, he was the International President of Tearfund - U.K. and Ireland. He is presently the President of the Micah Network and Executive Director of Ediciones Kairos, the publishing arm of the Kairos Foundation. He has lectured in many countries around the world and has written or edited several books in English and Spanish. His main work, Mission Between the Times: Essays on the Kingdom of God, has been published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, German and Korean. ### Films with Rene Padilla see all films ## System Conditioned Theologian and missiologist René Padilla discusses Christian loyalty and the Confessing Church during Nazi Germany. ## Consuming Culture Latin American theologian and author Rene Padilla discusses the danger of valuing things over people. ## Kingdom Citizens Latin American theologian and author Rene Padilla discusses our Christian citizenship and God's sovereignty. ## School Of Love Latin American theologian Rene Padilla on institutionalized injustice and grassroots change through the Church, the school of love. ## Faith Without Works Is Dead Latin American theologian Rene Padilla on fasting, salvation and good works. ## Make Greed History Latin American theologian Rene Padilla on what making greed history, not poverty. #### Recommended Reading By Rene Padilla #### The Work of the People Browse All Film Series Visual Liturgy E-Courses ## Sign-in Forgot Your Password? This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site you agree to the use of cookies. More Info Copyright © The Work of the People 2019. All rights reserved. Site by State.
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René Padilla
Life.
Padilla was born into a poor family in Quito, Ecuador, in 1932. Due to the Great Depression, his family would move when he was two years old to Colombia, where he would grow up.