Liberation theology and Marxist economics.

From: Monthly Review | Date: January 1, 1987| Author: Currier, Fred J. | Copyright information

LIBERATION THEOLOGY AND MARXIST ECONOMICS

It takes no formal initiation to enter the ranks of Liberation Theology. What it does take is a spiritual commitment to the liberation of the poor and oppressed in Latin America and the placement of Christian theology at the service of this liberation. Theologians of liberation have encountered the poor who are exploited in a society that is created by dependent capitalism, and thus they generally espouse the demand, expressed by ...

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