Knowledge in service of life.

Presencia que transforma proposes a practical theology that grows out of encounters with human stories and is oriented toward living well. R. Esteban Montilla integrates biblical reflection, clinical experience, psychology, and community knowledge from a relational and decolonial perspective, guided by a hermeneutic of love and justice. The book invites readers to recognize each person’s dignity and cultivate a pastoral presence capable of listening, discerning, and contributing to the care of life.

Through a wisdom-based method of reading and listening, analyzing, living, and reflecting again, its sixteen chapters explore noble ethics, spirituality, faith development, and church as gathering and a shared table. This perspective extends to cultural diversity, education, communication, sexuality, integrative health, pastoral ministry and chaplaincy, leadership, community and political participation, and the challenges of pastoral practice in the digital age.

With biblical reflections and pastoral case studies, the book offers resources for ministers, chaplains, pastoral counselors, educators, and faith communities. It invites readers to provide care responsibly, recognize people’s voice, power, freedom, and relationality, and foster bonds that sustain hope, justice, and living together.

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