Kevin C Molloy
ContributorKevin C Molloy is a Master of Arts candidate in Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from the College of the Holy Cross in 2013. Portions of this essay originally appeared as 'On the Wrong Side of God: U.S. Policy and the Legacy of Romero' on Political Theology Today 20 February 2015.
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May 22, 2015
On the Right Side of History: The Beatification of Oscar Romero
To honor his memory, we must not romanticize Oscar Romero as simply a good person. We must remember him as a martyr who died because he sided with the oppressed and marginalized over the forces of empire.