Philip Wheaton
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Philip E. Wheaton, an Episcopal priest, Latin American historian &
Theologian.
Phil began his work as a missionary for the Episcopal Church in the Dominican Republic for twelve years (1952-1964); and, then served in Costa Rica & Nicaragua (1989-1991). He was director of the Ecumenical Program for Inter-American Communication &
Action (EPICA) in Washington, DC, (1968-1988), a program created and funded by the Latin American Department of the National Council of Churches. During the 1980s, he served as coordinator of the National Sanctuary Movement for the DC Metro Area.
Presently, he is co-pastor of an ecumenical congregation, the Community of Christ, in Washington, DC; regularly visits and coordinates projects for a Christian Base Community (CEB) in Northwestern Nicaragua; is a member of the Committee of Indigenous Solidarity (CIS), in solidarity with the Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico and works on pro-immigrant projects in Prince William County, Virginia.
Philip Wheaton earned a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, a Masters of Divinity from the Virginia
Theological Seminary in Alexandria, and has completed his studies for a Masters Degree in Latin American Studies at The American University in Washington, DC. Besides a series of popular primers on conditions in various Latin American countries, he has authored Religion in Cuba Today (1968), Empire and the Prophetic Word in Central America, 500 Years: Domination or
Liberation?, Hope in the Midst of Chaos, (WCC Press), Faithful Community (a history of the Christian Base Community in Jinocuao, Nicaragua) EPICA Press, and co-authored with the Rev. William Wipfler the centennial history of the Episcopal Church in the Dominican Republic entitled, Triunfando Sobre Tragedias.