Employing the rubric of “social suffering,” as developed by M. Shawn Copeland, Paul Farmer and Rebecca Chopp, this book will examine three particular instances of Latina social suffering, the plight of undocumented Latinas in the United States; the probable and bleak future of most Latinas in public secondary educational systems across the United States; and finally, the ongoing murders of young women in Ciudad Juárez. I will draw out the theological questions posed by these three examples, then cull the Christian tradition in search of resources for understanding suffering as a social phenomenon in relationship to the human need for redemption. This book will use these resources to engage the question: In the face of events of massive public suffering whose meaning will never be fully understood within the bounds of human history, what can redemption mean? This book will argue that the elusive phenomena of social suffering, explored within the ambit of Latina experience, challenges us to re-imagine Christianity’s redemptive promise in a fresh way; one that inspires us not only to resist evil, not only to lead more critically reflective and meaningful lives, but one that ultimately engenders in us a socially mature redemptive orientation.