Liberation theology and economic development. (Religious Foundations of Social Policy).

From: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology | Date: December 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

JAMES M. DAWSEY (*)

Introduction: Economic Disorder

LATIN AMERICAN LIBERATION theology has earned the world's admiration for its heroic stand on behalf of oppressed, marginalized people. But also, from its incipience around 1968, liberation theology has been surrounded by controversy because of its often-unabashed association with Marxist analysis. Today, twenty-five years of oversimplified economic rhetoric, especially concerning dependency theory, the recent disintegration of the Soviet bloc, and the loss of confidence in command economies, even in Cuba, have caused ...

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