The Political Theory Of Liberation Theology

Author : John R. Pottenger
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1989-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438416380

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The Political Theory of Liberation Theology by John R. Pottenger Pdf

This is the first in-depth look at the political theoretical structure of liberation theology. Pottenger shows how liberation theologians, writing from the perspective of the poor and oppressed, denounce modernity and especially capitalism for having caused poverty and military dictatorships. He evaluates the liberation theologians' methodological approach to political theory and the crucial role of Marxism. He also analyzes liberation theologians' assessment of Latin American political economy and their moral arguments for political activism in response to these assessments. Pottenger addresses the general question of to what extent liberation theology has achieved its ultimate objective of a just society—of the convergence of traditional social values and modern political science.

Author : John R. Pottenger
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1989-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0791401197

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The Political Theory of Liberation Theology by John R. Pottenger Pdf

This is the first in-depth look at the political theoretical structure of liberation theology. Pottenger shows how liberation theologians, writing from the perspective of the poor and oppressed, denounce modernity and especially capitalism for having caused poverty and military dictatorships. He evaluates the liberation theologians’ methodological approach to political theory and the crucial role of Marxism. He also analyzes liberation theologians’ assessment of Latin American political economy and their moral arguments for political activism in response to these assessments. Pottenger addresses the general question of to what extent liberation theology has achieved its ultimate objective of a just society—of the convergence of traditional social values and modern political science.

Author : John R. Pottenger
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1989-09-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791401197

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The Political Theory of Liberation Theology by John R. Pottenger Pdf

Discusses the religious and political context of liberation theology, the state of the Latin American economy, Marxist-Christian tensions, and the ethics of reform

Author : Ivan Petrella
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351889124

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The Future of Liberation Theology by Ivan Petrella Pdf

The Future of Liberation Theology envisions a radical new direction for Latin American liberation theology. One of a new generation of Latin American theologians, Ivan Petrella shows that despite the current dominance of 'end of history' ideology, liberation theologians need not abandon their belief that the theological rereading of Christianity must be linked to the development of 'historical projects' - models of political and economic organization that would replace an unjust status quo. In the absence of historical projects, liberation theology currently finds itself unable to move beyond merely talking about liberation toward actually enacting it in society. Providing a bold new interpretation of the current state and potential future of liberation theology, Ivan Petrella brings together original research on the movement, with developments in political theory, critical legal theory and political economy to reconstruct liberation theology's understanding of theology, democracy and capitalism. The result is the recovery of historical projects, thus allowing liberation theologians to once again place the reality of liberation, and not just the promise, at the forefront of their task.

Author : Phillip Berryman
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307831606

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Liberation Theology by Phillip Berryman Pdf

Liberation theology has become an essential component of almost every major debate over Latin America today. It has changed the face of political life in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Haiti; contributed to the rise of “people power” in the Philippines; even played a role in the growing discontent of debt-plagued Brazil. Now, using the plainspoken approach that made his Inside Central America the indispensable book on current affairs in the region, Phillip Berryman traces the origins, spread, and impact of liberation theology. He shows how its proponents have radically reinterpreted basic Biblical themes (such as the Creation and the Exodus) from the perspective of the poor and isenfranchised. By not asking “What must I believe?” but rather “What is to be done?” they make a direct connection between religious beliefs and political life.

Author : Michael R. Candelaria
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1990-07-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791498422

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Popular Religion and Liberation by Michael R. Candelaria Pdf

Liberation theologians either argue for the liberating character of popular religion or they vilify it as alienating and otherworldly. This book takes a comprehensive and in- depth look at the issues, questions, and problems that emerge from the debate among liberation theologians in Latin America. The heart of the book consists of a comparative analysis of two prominent theologians, Juan Carlos Scannone from Argentina, and Juan Luis Segundo from Uruguay, who take opposite positions. Scannone sees popular religion as essentially liberating because it is from the people. Segundo disparages popular religion as a mass phenomenon incapable of revolutionary change and looks forward to its demise. Candelaria synthesizes these contrary positions into a new paradigm for examining the question of popular religion and liberation. On the basis of this synthesis, he formulates a principle for articulating the relationship between popular religion and liberation and with special reference to the situation of Hispanics in the United States.

Author : Ricardo Planas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015012867134

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Liberation Theology by Ricardo Planas Pdf

Author : Christian Smith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1991-08-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226764108

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The Emergence of Liberation Theology by Christian Smith Pdf

Liberation theology is a school of Roman Catholic thought which teaches that a primary duty of the church must be to promote social and economic justice. In this book, Christian Smith explains how and why the liberation theology movement emerged and succeeded when and where it did.

Author : J. David Turner
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : 081919137X

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An Introduction to Liberation Theology by J. David Turner Pdf

An introduction to how liberation theologists have fought for democratic socialism; demanded radical economic structural change; attempted to raise the consciousness of the poor; and challenged traditional roles within the Catholic Church with the goal of giving the laity a stronger voice.

Author : Arthur F. McGovern
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606088937

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Liberation Theology and Its Critics by Arthur F. McGovern Pdf

From its beginnings, liberation theology has provoked a wide and diverse range of responses from a multitude of critics-theological, methodological, political, ecclesiastical. Liberation Theology and Its Critics is a comprehensive and systematic explication of these diverse criticisms, as well as a reasoned and rigorous defense of liberation theology. McGovern states his aim thus: to understand better the world of Latin America and the culture and conditions which prompt a liberation theology, while at the same time giving expression to some of the misgivings that many US Americans experience when reading about liberation theology. Liberation Theology and Its Critics begins by discussing the place of theology itself in liberation theology. The book offers an historical overview, shows us what liberation theologians see as most distinctive in their work, addresses the biblical interpretations and major areas of theology stressed by liberation theologians, and discusses other theologians' critiques. Next, McGovern explicates the use of social and political analysis in liberation theology, which has been one of the areas of particular controversy. He focuses on such issues as dependency theory, Marxism, class struggle, socialism, and the Nicaraguan revolution, addressing throughout the concerns raised by a range of critics, from the Vatican to Michael Novak. Finally, McGovern explores the role of the church and how liberation theology is lived out in practice. He examines base communities, ecclesiology, current political trends in Latin America, the varying status of liberation theology as well as its most recent developments. McGovern demonstrates that liberation theology encompasses a wide spectrum of theologians with different styles and emphases. It requires careful study, non-polemical debate, and an honest effort to present the views of both liberation theologians and their critics fairly. McGovern's book will be the benchmark against which subsequent work is measured.

Author : Gustavo GutiŽerrez
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780883445426

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A Theology of Liberation by Gustavo GutiŽerrez Pdf

This is the credo and seminal text of the movement which was later characterized as liberation theology. The book burst upon the scene in the early seventies, and was swiftly acknowledged as a pioneering and prophetic approach to theology which famously made an option for the poor, placing the exploited, the alienated, and the economically wretched at the centre of a programme where "the oppressed and maimed and blind and lame" were prioritized at the expense of those who either maintained the status quo or who abused the structures of power for their own ends. This powerful, compassionate and radical book attracted criticism for daring to mix politics and religion in so explicit a manner, but was also welcomed by those who had the capacity to see that its agenda was nothing more nor less than to give "good news to the poor", and redeem God's people from bondage.

Author : Ivan Petrella
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334041344

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Beyond Liberation Theology by Ivan Petrella Pdf

Ivan Petrella provides a bold new interpretation of liberation theology's present state and future possibilities. In so doing, he challenges a number of established pieties: Instead of staying within the accepted norm of examining liberation theologies individually as if they were closed worlds, he dares develop a framework that tackles Latin American, Black, Womanist, and Hispanic/Latino(a) theologies together; instead of succumbing to the fashionable identity politics that rules liberationist discourse, he places poverty at the forefront of concern; instead of seeking to carve out a small space for theology in a secular world, he shows that only an expansive understanding of liberation theology can deal with contemporary challenges. The end result is a wake-up call for liberation theologians everywhere and a radical new direction for liberation theology itself.

Author : David Batstone,Eduardo Mendieta,Lois Ann Lorentzen,Dwight N. Hopkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136671425

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Liberation Theologies, Postmodernity and the Americas by David Batstone,Eduardo Mendieta,Lois Ann Lorentzen,Dwight N. Hopkins Pdf

Simultaneously arising out of such diverse contexts as the black community in the United States, grassroots religious communities in Latin America, and feminist circles in North Atlantic countries, theologies of liberation have emerged as a resource and inspiration for people seeking social and political freedom. Over the last three decades, liberation theology has irrevocably altered religious thinking and practice throughout the Americas. Liberation Theologies, Postmodernity and the Americas provides a meaningful and spirited debate on vital interpretive issues in religion, philosophy, and ethics. The renowned group of scholars explore liberation theologies' uses of discourses of emancipation, revolution and utopia in contrast with postmodernism's suspicion of grand narratives, while assessing what the postmodernism/liberation debate means for strategies of social and political transformation. Guided by the experiences of those at the margins of social power, liberation theologies demystify the eurocentric myths of secularization and modernity, and calls for a re-appraisal of religion in contemporary societies. Contributors: Edmund Arens, David Batstone, Maria Clara Bingemer, Enrique Dussel, Gustavo Gutierrez, Jurgen Habermas, Franz Hinkelammert, Dwight Hopkins, Lois Ann Lorentzen, Eduardo Mendieta, Amos Nascimento, Elsa Tamez, Mark McLain Taylor, and Sharon Welch, Robert Allen Warrior

Author : Rosino Gibellini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Religion
ISBN : IND:39000004398090

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The Liberation Theology Debate by Rosino Gibellini Pdf

Author : Margaret M. Campbell
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025112843

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Critical Theory and Liberation Theology by Margaret M. Campbell Pdf

Critical Theory and Liberation Theology discusses two major features of the crisis of western modernity: the first of these arises from the assumption that any value-based societal critique rests upon an arbitrary or purely «emotive» choice of first principles. The second is that the Christian churches have not developed an understanding of the relationship between faith and modernity that enables them to be a consistent or liberating voice in public affairs. In response to this crisis, Margaret Campbell traces Jürgen Habermas's search for a means by which questions regarding human authenticity and emancipation can be brought into the arena of rational political discourse. Dr. Campbell also presents an account of Gustavo Gutiérrez's liberation theology and describes it as a new kind of critical discourse about Christian faith, one that begins by examining the political praxis of Christians. Dr. Campbell concludes that together Habermas and Gutiérrez have provided us with foundations for a theology of communicative and liberating praxis.