liberation theology
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
|
Date: 2008
liberation theology belief that the Christian Gospel demands "a preferential option for the poor," and that the church should be involved in the struggle for economic and political justice in the contemporary world—particularly in the Third World. Dating to the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) and the Second Latin American Bishops Conference, held in Medellin, Colombia (1968), the movement brought poor people together in comunidades de base, or Christian-based communities, to study the Bible and to fight for social justice. Since the 1980s, the church hierarchy has criticized liberation theology and its advocates, accusing them of wrongly supporting violent revolution and Marxist class struggle.
Bibliography: See studies by P. Berryman (1987), A. Hennelly (1989), and J. R. Pottenger (1989).
Author not available, LIBERATION THEOLOGY.,
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press
For permission to reuse this article, contact Copyright Clearance Center.
Related articles from HighBeam Research:
|
Old wine in new bottles: liberation theology and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict *.(Report)
Journal of Ecumenical Studies; 6/22/2004; Gregerman, Adam; 15021 words;
Overview and Sources Liberation theology is a new arrival in the conflict ... influenced by the ideas of liberation theology become engaged in the dispute. Although liberation theology developed in an entirely ...
|
|
Liberation theology and Marxist economics.
Monthly Review; 1/1/1987; Currier, Fred J.; 5601 words;
LIBERATION THEOLOGY AND MARXIST ECONOMICS It takes no ... initiation to enter the ranks of Liberation Theology. What it does take is a spiritual ... to land. What is striking about Liberation Theology is that stripped of its biblical ...
|
|
Ethics and liberation theology. (Current Theology: Notes on Moral Theology 1994)
Theological Studies; 3/1/1995; Schubeck, Thomas L.; 7333 words;
... received their first look at liberation theology in 1970 when Peruvian theologian ... identified three ways in which liberation theology has influenced moral theology ... charity praxis. (3) Third, liberation theology reminded Christians, and ...
|
|
|
Liberation theology. (Sacramental Theology: A Review of Literature)
Theological Studies; 12/1/1994; Irwin, Kevin W.; 3954 words;
... interrelationship of theology and pastoral need ... universal salvation and liberation, and the relation of ... categories of sacramental theology receive fresh perspectives ... working toward the liberation of the poor and the ... universal salvation and liberation.(32) Many of the book ... sharing ...
|
|
|
More on liberation theology and marxism. (reaction to Fred Carrier's essay Liberation Theology and Marxist Economics)
Monthly Review; 11/1/1987; Kozyn, Johannes C.T.; 1035 words;
MORE ON LIBERATION THEOLOGY AND MARXISM It was with great ... that I read Fred Carrier's essay Liberation Theology and Marxist Economics' (MR, January 1987). As a student of both Liberation Theology and Marxist scholarship, I would ...
|
|
|
Latin American Liberation Theology: The Next Generation.(Book review)
Theological Studies; 12/1/2006; Schubeck, Thomas; 824 words;
LATIN AMERICAN LIBERATION THEOLOGY: THE NEXT GENERATION. Edited ... to this volume maintain that liberation theology in Latin American lives and ... that a next generation affirms liberation theology's foundational principles and ...
|
|
The Roots of Black Liberation Theology
NPR Talk of the Nation; 4/2/2008; NEAL CONAN; 4650 words;
The Roots of Black Liberation Theology Host: NEAL CONAN Time ... what's known as black liberation theology. In a book first published in 1969 called "Black Theology and Black Power," James ... background on black liberation theology. How did it affect your ... themselves who declared ...
|
|
|
The Vatican strikes back. (against the challenge of liberation theology)
Monthly Review; 4/1/1985; Kovel, Joel; 4950 words;
... orthodoxy represented by liberation theology, and is to be seen in context ... thwart an association between liberation theology and Marxism. This is all ... since as anyone familiar with liberation theology can attest, its actual proponents ...
|
|
Interview: Blase Bonpane comments on liberation theology
NPR Special; 4/11/2005; ED GORDON; 908 words;
... Bonpane comments on liberation theology Host: ED GORDON Time ... I'm Ed Gordon. This is NEWS & NOTES. Pope John ... philosophy known as liberation theology. It sees the church ... Paul strongly opposed liberation theology, but many Latin Americans ... leading authority on ...
|
|
A TALE OF TWO PRIESTS AND TWO STRUGGLES: LIBERATION THEOLOGY FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY IN THE BRAZILIAN NORTHEAST
The Americas; 1/1/2007; French, Jan Hoffman; 9536 words;
... 1964-1985). The development of liberation theology as a social movement in Latin ... Catholic culture"3 which led to liberation theology described by Phillip Berryman ... the angle of the poor."4, Liberation theology teaches that "[pjeople do ...
|
&type=1 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
|
Benedict to confront liberation theology
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 5/8/2007; Larry Rohter New York Times News Service; 1485 words;
... seems to me we need not theology of liberation, but theology of martyrdom" and argued ... will become a valid theology "only when it refuses ... imposed sanctions on the liberation theologians Gustavo ... bishops most committed to liberation theology, wrote an open letter ... the ...
|
&type=4 "Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)")
|
Analysis: Pope's intervention in Liberation Theology in Brazil
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR); 4/2/2005; DEBBIE ELLIOTT; 689 words;
... at the foundation of Liberation Theology. I think Christianity ... criticized this aspect of Liberation Theology, but at the same time ... who'd sympathized with Liberation Theology kept a low profile ... warn us about was a Liberation Theology that could lead toward ... the ...
|
|
The pope and liberation theology: Round 2
International Herald Tribune; 5/8/2007; Larry Rohter; 1122 words;
... the Roman Catholic Church, liberation theology, he turned to a trusted aide ... surprised at what he finds. Liberation theology, which he once called ''a ... the clerical theorists of liberation theology and the church fortified ...
|
|
Liberation Theology in the Philippines: Faith in a Revolution.(Book Review)
Journal of Church and State; 3/22/2004; Howell, Brian; 540 words;
Liberation Theology in the Philippines: Faith in a Revolution ... Publishers, 2002. 129 pp. $59.00. Liberation theology is a venerable topic among scholars ... explores the lived experiences of liberation theology among several Base Ecclesial Communities ...
|
|
As the Pope heads to Brazil, is liberation theology a spent force?
Belfast Telegraph; 5/10/2007; 1080 words;
... Brazil was also a crucible of "liberation theology", the bid by thousands of ... Benedict's attitude towards liberation theology? As the Prefect of the Congregation ... singlehandedly eviscerated the liberation theology movement, silencing its most ...
|
See all results from premium newspaper and magazine articles, images, maps and more at HighBeam Research.
Related articles from newspapers, magazines and other sources:
Into the house of bondage: liberation theology, invented by Catholic Marxists, adopted by liberal Protestants, is moving into the synagogue.
National Review; 3/5/1990; Feder, Don; 2225 words;
|
Future of liberation theology is down road to ecumenism. (Column)
National Catholic Reporter; 4/9/1993; Ruether, Rosemary Radford; 1045 words;
|
Is liberation theology dead?(COLUMNS)
National Catholic Reporter; 4/29/2005; Ruether, Rosemary Radford; 857 words;
|
Women, native people challenge theology: liberation theories winning few friends.
National Catholic Reporter; 9/15/1995; Molineaux, David; 1791 words;
|
Liberation theology and economic development. (Religious Foundations of Social Policy).
The American Journal of Economics and Sociology; 12/1/2001; Dawsey, James M.; 6690 words;
|
Liberation theology founder dead at 70. (Father Juan Luis Segundo)(Obituary)
National Catholic Reporter; 2/2/1996; Fox, Thomas C.; 672 words;
|
Whatever happened to liberation theology?(Latin America)
The Christian Century; 10/20/1999; Bedford, Nancy E.; 2904 words;
|
Liberation theology on the move. (liberation theology and the liberal society)
National Review; 9/20/1985; Novak, Michael; 857 words;
|
Liberation theology frames Wright's view.(Rev. Jeremiah Wright)(NATION)
National Catholic Reporter; 4/4/2008; Markey, Eileen; 953 words;
|
Rift between Gutierrez and Peru women: liberation theology said to be too narrow. (Gustavo Gutierrez head of the study center, Institutus Bartholome de las Casas in Lima, Peru)(Column)
National Catholic Reporter; 10/18/1996; Ruether, Rosemary Radford; 1098 words;
|
|
|