ABSTRACT
The myriad sociopolitical conflicts that affected Latin America, especially between the 1940s and the early 2000s, provided context and focus for regional scholarship across disciplines. This chapter highlights the work and contributions of religious figures, scholars, and activists, mainly Latin American, to an interdisciplinary and global conversation about the theory, practice, and ethical implications of accompaniment. It presents how, in sociopolitical conflicts, accompaniment becomes a dangerous endeavor for accompaniers when its practice serves as an instrument not only for addressing, witnessing, and denouncing the root causes and grave consequences of such conflicts but also for supporting legitimate claims for social change.
