Interview with Phillip Berryman, 2014 May 23

This interview has access restrictions and is not available online. It may be accessed onsite at the Benson Latin American Collection.

Interview conducted in English. Phillip Berryman, author and professor of Latin American Studies at Temple University, speaks about his experiences in Central America as both a minister and a solidarity activist. Berryman details his initial studies within the seminary, his travels to Panama as a minister, and his experiences with the growth of liberation theology in Central America during the 1960s-1980s. In addition to his work in Central America, Berryman details his transition from living and working in Panama to becoming an author and professor of Latin American history, focusing specifically on liberation theology in Latin America, and in translating or interpreting Latin American issues and history for a primarily United States audience. This interview was conducted by Blake Scott, a graduate student in History, whose research focuses upon US citizens living and working in Panama and the greater Caribbean, and the tourism industry in those regions.