HILA 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Ernesto Cardenal, Unreliable Narrator, Sandinista National Liberation Front
13 Apr 2017
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Writing prompt: thesis: the catholic church radicalized and argued violent resistance to repression constituted a just war to defend the humanity of god"s creation, text to utilize: p. 236 in keen"s the church in the nicaraguan revolution. Written in 1985: ernesto cardenal, a jesuit priest and the minister of culture in the sandinista government, described the spiritual road to the nicaraguan revolutionary struggle in the 1970s. Ernesto began by outlining the brutal conditions under the somoza dynasty which included lack of freedom and ferocious repression (237). In addition, ernesto attacked the church"s support for the corrupt somoza regime as the archbishop of managua gave the dictator the title of the prince of the church (237). Hence, cardenal remained bitter about the church"s alliance with the dictatorship. Cardenal later moved to columbia to pursue further religious training an experience which transformed him as he came into direct contact with extreme poverty.
