Toward A Theology Of Struggle

Author : Eleazar S. Fernandez
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606082362

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Toward a Theology of Struggle by Eleazar S. Fernandez Pdf

The Theology of Struggle is a genuinely popular Fillipino theology rooted in the history and culture of a people who have endured colonial oppression at the hands of Spain, North America, and Japan, as well as neo-colonialism and home grown dictatorship. Because Christianity has played a role in assisting the history of oppression in the Phillippines, a theology of struggle must include a struggle in theology, to wrest Christian symbols from the hands of the oppressors and return them to the poor. This theology, which is otherwise expressed in articles, poems, art, and action, receives its first systematic treatment in Toward a Theology of Struggle. In Part On, Fernandez establishes the historical and cultural context out of which the Theology of Struggle has emerged. Part Two represents Fernandez's own constructive work, in which he shows how a theology of struggle must address the quest for identity and peoplehood. In Part Three, Fernandez explores the question of theological method, outlining the areas of convergence and distinction between the Theology of struggle and other Third World theologies, as well as setting forth the distinctive challenge that this theology of the Philippines poses to the authority and dominance of Western theology as a whole.

Author : Christie Cozad Neuger
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664255930

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The Arts of Ministry by Christie Cozad Neuger Pdf

Offering the most relevant, effective, and transformative approaches to ministry as it develops a feminist and womanist practical theology, this book brings together the best in feminist and womanist scholarship that deals with the work of ministry in a one-volume format.

Author : Gemma Cruz
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004193673

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An Intercultural Theology of Migration by Gemma Cruz Pdf

Drawing on the experience of migrant women domestic workers, theological ethics, and liberationist theologies, this book offers an intercultural theology of migration that arises from the (dis)continuities, (im)mobilities, and (dis)empowerment embedded in the encounter between gender, class, race, culture and religion in the context of migration.

Author : G. Cruz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781137375513

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Toward a Theology of Migration by G. Cruz Pdf

Offering a theology of migration, Cruz reflects on the Christian vision of 'one bread, one body, one people' in view of the gifts and challenges of contemporary migration to Christian spirituality, mission, and inculturation and the need for reform of migration policies based on the experience of refugees, migrant women, and others.

Author : Matthew Ryan Robinson,Inja Inderst
Publisher : Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783374070305

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What Does Theology Do, Actually? by Matthew Ryan Robinson,Inja Inderst Pdf

»What Does Theology Do, Actually? Observing Theology and the Transcultural« is to be the first in a series of 5 books, each presented under the same question – »What Does Theology Do, Actually?«, with vols. 2–5 focusing on one of the theological subdisciplines. This first volume proceeds from the observation of a need for a highly inflected »trans-cultural«, and not simply »inter-cultural«, set of perspectives in theological work and training. The revolution brought about across the humanities disciplines through globalization and the recognition of »multiple modernities« has introduced a diversity of overlapping cultural content and multiple cultural and religious belongings not only into academic work in the humanities and social sciences, but into the Christian churches as well.

Author : Edmund Kee-Fook Chia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000425048

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Asian Christianity and Theology by Edmund Kee-Fook Chia Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of Asian Christianity and Theology, with emphasis on how it has developed in different parts of the continent and in the different eras, especially since the end of colonialism in Asia. Asian Theology refers to a unique way of theological reflection characterized by specific methodologies that evolved in postcolonial Asia. Premised on the thinking of Asian Church leaders and scholars, its focus is on the dialogue with the many cultures (inculturation), many religions (interreligious dialogue), and many poor (integral liberation) of Asia. The book looks at each of these ministries in detail, foregrounding Asian biblical hermeneutics, Christianity’s engagement with Hinduism, Confucianism, and Islam, Asian Women’s Theology, and the rise of Pentecostalism. The volume is valuable reading for scholars of religious studies, theology, world Christianity, Asian religions, and Asian studies.

Author : Gustavo GutiŽerrez
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 47,5 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 : John Dear
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-03-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597521123

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The God of Peace by John Dear Pdf

The God of peace is never glorified by human violence. Thomas Merton 'The God of Peace', John Dear's classic theology of nonviolence, broke new ground when it was first published as a breakthrough toward a new understanding of scripture, theology, social concerns and churches issues--from the perspective of Gospel nonviolence, in the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Dorothy Day. This ground-breaking study begins not just with the culture of violence, but the nonviolence of God, and the revolutionary nonviolence of Jesus. From the start, John Dear explores traditional areas of theology, such as Christology, Trinitarian Theology, anthropology, sin, redemption, theodicy, salvation, ecclesiology, eschatology, spirituality, liturgy, Catholic social teaching, the just war theory,, feminism, liberation theology and the consistent ethic of life. This text will help university and theology students pursuing the theology and spirituality of nonviolence, as well as ordinary Christians and activists interested in the crucial connection between war and violence, and God and nonviolence.

Author : Gustavo GutiŽrrez
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608331246

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On Job by Gustavo GutiŽrrez Pdf

Author : Reynaldo D. Raluto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9715507131

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Poverty and Ecology at the Crossroads by Reynaldo D. Raluto Pdf

This book offers a theological reflection on the praxis of struggle for human and ecological liberation. It critically appropriates the framework of the emerging ecological theology of liberation, which expands the notion of the preferential option for the poor--privileging those who suffer from class oppression, racial discrimination, sexist ideologies, and ecological exploitation. With the analytical mediation of the social and ecological sciences, this book investigates the oppressive ideologies that produce poverty and the ecological crisis. It maps out existing advocacies that may awaken a sense of solidarity and serve as embers of hope for a sustainable world.

Author : Kathleen Nadeau
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780313075308

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Liberation Theology in the Philippines by Kathleen Nadeau Pdf

Liberation Theology in the Philippines: Faith in a Revolution studies the interrelationship of international development policies and local social and economic structures in the Philippines. This ethnography demonstrates that the application of conventional development paradigms to the situation overlooks the human suffering and displacement experienced by the people for whom the policies are supposed to help. By contrast, the Basic Ecclesial Community (BEC) movement offers an alternative strategy for development that aims to build a more just and community-oriented society, while promoting sustainable development. The study begins with an historical analysis of the relationship between liberation theology, the Catholic Church, and the nationalist struggle. The remaining chapters look at the real experiences of people living and working in the BECs, as they struggle against some of the negative impacts of traditional approaches to development. In addition, the author illustrates how BECs can fail when environmental and social factors clash with a community's attempts at development, and highlights the theology and religious aspects of the BEC movement. This unique contribution to the study of liberation theology and development will be of interest to scholars, students, and professionals working with development agencies and religious organizations.

Author : Arthur F. McGovern
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,9 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 : Catherine Keller
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231548618

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Political Theology of the Earth by Catherine Keller Pdf

Amid melting glaciers, rising waters, and spreading droughts, Earth has ceased to tolerate our pretense of mastery over it. But how can we confront climate change when political crises keep exploding in the present? Noted ecotheologian and feminist philosopher of religion Catherine Keller reads the feedback loop of political and ecological depredation as secularized apocalypse. Carl Schmitt’s political theology of the sovereign exception sheds light on present ideological warfare; racial, ethnic, economic, and sexual conflict; and hubristic anthropocentrism. If the politics of exceptionalism are theological in origin, she asks, should we not enlist the world’s religious communities as part of the resistance? Keller calls for dissolving the opposition between the religious and the secular in favor of a broad planetary movement for social and ecological justice. When we are confronted by populist, authoritarian right wings founded on white male Christian supremacism, we can counter with a messianically charged, often unspoken theology of the now-moment, calling for a complex new public. Such a political theology of the earth activates the world’s entangled populations, joined in solidarity and committed to revolutionary solutions to the entwined crises of the Anthropocene.

Author : Eleazar S. Fernandez,Fernando F. Segovia
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781556354410

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A Dream Unfinished by Eleazar S. Fernandez,Fernando F. Segovia Pdf

Theologians on the margins reflect how their experience of ethnic and racial minority has influenced their theology and how this relates to the American Dream.

Author : Ada Mar’a Isasi-D’az
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608332496

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La Lucha Continues by Ada Mar’a Isasi-D’az Pdf

A sequel to the popular Mujerista Theology that addresses themes relevant at the beginning of the 21st century.Mujerista theology begins with personal experience and moves toward a theology that advances the dignity and liberation of all Hispanic/Latino women. This collection of essays combining personal narratives and theological discourse brings together important insights into the concerns of Hispanic women, the ways in which they can help shape theology, and the roles they can take on in the church.Divided into two sections, Part 1, The Personal Is Political, presents three essays on the author?s religious-theological experiences, showing how they help form her theology. The eight essays in Part 2, In God?s Image--Latinas and Our Struggles, focus on theological understandings essential for justice.