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Benedict to confront liberation theology
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- In the early 1980s, when Pope John Paul II
wanted to clamp down on what he considered a dangerous, Marxist-
inspired movement in the Roman Catholic Church, liberation theology,
he turned to a trusted aide: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.
Now Cardinal Ratzinger is Pope Benedict XVI, and when he arrives
here on Wednesday for his first pastoral visit to Latin America he
may be surprised at what he finds. Liberation theology, which he
once called "a fundamental threat to th...
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The pope and liberation theology: Round 2
International Herald Tribune
; Larry Rohter International Herald Tribune 05-08-2007 In the early 1980s, when Pope John Paul II wanted to clamp down on what he considered a dangerous, Marxist-inspired movement in the Roman Catholic Church, liberation theology, he turned to a trusted aide: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.Now Cardinal
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Pope heads for Brazil and a theology he rejects
International Herald Tribune
; Larry Rohter International Herald Tribune 05-08-2007 In the early 1980s, when Pope John Paul II wanted to clamp down on what he considered a dangerous, Marxist-inspired movement in the Roman Catholic Church, liberation theology, he turned to a trusted aide: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.Now Cardinal
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More on liberation theology and marxism. (reaction to Fred Carrier's essay Liberation Theology and Marxist Economics)
Monthly Review
; MORE ON LIBERATION THEOLOGY AND MARXISM It was with great interest 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 like to offer some remarks on Carrier's contribution to a
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A Legacy As Champion Of the Poor; Latin American Archbishop, Slain in 1980, Promoted Social Reform
The Washington Post
; On a fateful evening 25 years ago, Archbishop Oscar Romero had just finished his sermon on Jesus's parable of the grain of wheat, which bears fruit only after falling to the ground. The sound of a single shot rang through the small chapel in El Salvador. Romero, the outspoken champion of the poor,
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The Church Militant in Latin America
The Washington Post
; LIBERATION THEOLOGY Essential Facts About the Revolutionary Religious Movement in Latin America And Beyond By Phillip Berryman Temple University Press. 231 pp. $24.95 Pantheon paperback, $6.95 WILL IT LIBERATE? Questions About Liberation Theology By Michael Novak Paulist Press. 311 pp. $14.95 WHEN
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The Future of Liberation Theology: An Argument and Manifesto.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Theological Studies
; THE FUTURE OF LIBERATION THEOLOGY: AN ARGUMENT AND MANIFESTO. By Ivan Petrella. London: SCM, 2006. Pp. ix + 177. 16.99 [pounds sterling]. Petrella's book is not a comprehensive discussion of the future of liberation theology that takes account of its present, multifaceted, and global ferment.
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(book review) (book review)
Journal of Church and State
; Opting for Democracy?: Liberation Theology and the Struggle for Democracy in Brazil. By Iain S. Maclean. New York: Peter Lang Publishers, 1999. 9,64 pp. $55.95. In his introduction, Maclean projects that his text will illustrate how and why Brazilian liberation theologians have moved from a
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Latin American Liberation Theology.(Book Review)
Theological Studies
; LATIN AMERICAN LIBERATION THEOLOGY. By David Tombs. Boston: Brill, 2002. Pp. 334. $39.95 This well-written book stands as a significant contribution to liberation theology. In five parts, Tombs chronologically and contextually situates the development and maturation of the discipline in a way that
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Salvadoran Catholics take up their cross Pope to find a church vastly changed
The Boston Globe
; SUCHITOTO, El Salvador -- Against a backdrop of scorched villages and buildings buckled by a war long ended, Carmen Landaverde is trying to rebuild Catholicism around this city, traveling from community to community wearing a simple wooden cross to recruit women for a once-a-week Bible study group.
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The Vatican strikes back. (against the challenge of liberation theology)
Monthly Review
; THE VATICAN STRIKES BACK The Vatican's recently released Instruction on Certain Aspects of the Theology of Liberation' (Dublin: Veritas Publications, 1984; henceforth referred to as Instruction) is doleful but essential reading for those of us who have begun to rethink the traditional hostility
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