Movement beginning in Latin America, with related or equivalent thinking and initiatives in Southern Africa and the USA. Brings together, in a programme for action, a Marxian analysis of society, with particular reference to experiences of disempowerment, and Christian concern for social justice, often imaged in Biblical terms. The oppression may relate to race or gender, and the powerlessness to economic poverty, legal constraint, or cultural neglect. The distinction from Christian Marxism or Marxist Christianity, whilst not always clear, is conceptualised largely in the forms and degrees of force deemed as appropriate to challenge the oppression. Key exponents include James H Cone (Black Theology and Black Power Seabury 1969) Gustavo Gutierrez (A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics and Salvation SCM 1973), Rosemary Ruether (New Woman/New Earth: Sexist Ideologies and Human Liberation 1975), and Juan Luis Segundo The Liberation of Theology 1976).
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...'Christian Revolution in Latin America,' the first of a three part series. Parts 2 and 3, entitled ‘Black Theology, Black Power, and the Black Experience,’ and ‘The Debate Over Feminist Theology: Which View is Biblical?’ respectively, may be found in the index (see 'Downloadable Articles' at bottom of page).
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...On November 8th, 1994, an international panel of scholars and activists gathered to discuss this future. This article touches upon some of the views expressed and also provides useful insights into the thinking underpinning liberation theology and its goals.