Theologies’ and contexts in a Latin American perspective

Reading about the eruption of 'gender wars' at the 1990s United Nations conferences, as they are retraced in the Special Issue, I initially contemplated the idea of using this comment to more systematically revise the story being told adding few pieces of information that, in my view, are still missing. Yet, after some back and fourth, I preferred to discuss the many other contributions of this volume that I read with great interest, specially enjoying its explorations of the Vatican's role in the crafting of 'gender wars'. 1 This short commentary is organized as follows: it begins with more theological insights and ideas, and a further discussion of the linkages between 'gender ideology' and colonization. Then it highlights the various contributions of this special issue to current Latin America debates. Finally, it explores the ways in which Latin American scholarship could enrich these lines of investigation and interpretation.