scholarly journals Toward an Analytic Theology of Liberation

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-74
Author(s):  
Sameer Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Relative Lack ◽  
Moral Encroachment ◽  
Theology Of Liberation

This chapter attempts to diagnose and critique the relative lack of interest in liberation theology as a research programme in analytic theology. After offering analyses of what constitutes ‘analytic theology’ and ‘liberation’ theology respectively and showing that the two are compatible, I argue that the epistemic good theology seeks—that of producing true explanatory theories—is subject to pragmatic and moral encroachment by other sorts of goods, including the good of serving the needs of the oppressed in society. Accordingly, I conclude that Christian theology ought to recognize liberatory interests as a norm of theological inquiry, and that instances of Christian analytic theology that are not also instances of liberation theology ought to be regarded as instances of bad theology.

scholarly journals 50 años de historia espiritual con la opción por los pobres

2018 ◽  
Vol 78 (309) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
José María Vigil
Keyword(s):  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Deep Ecology ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Characteristic Element ◽  
Utopian Vision ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Liberation Spirituality ◽  
Theology Of Liberation

Medellín fue el momento fundante de la espiritualidad y la teología de la liberación, y su elemento más característico: la opción por los pobres. Los 50 años transcurridos han sido de una espiritualidad muy intensa, por el surgimiento de una nueva eclesialidad, la asunción de la conflictividad inherente al seguimiento de Jesús, una mística martirial... El Autor subraya el carácter espiritual de esta historia, recordando momentos memorables, como la visión sociológico-utópica de Gottwald, el final de la “arqueologia bíblica” clásica, la superación del carácter provinciano de la teología cristiana de la liberación, la apertura al horizonte de la ecologia profunda... y el encuentro reciente con los últimos nuevos paradigmas, que muestran que esta aventura espiritual tiene todavía mucho quehacer por delante.Abstract: Medellín was the founding moment of liberation spirituality and theology, and its most characteristic element: the option for the poor. These 50 years have been of a very intense spirituality, because of the emergence of a new ecclesiality, the assumption of the inherent conflictivity of the following of Jesus, the martyrial mystic... The author emphasizes the spiritual character of this journey, recalling memorable moments, like the sociological-utopian vision of Gottwald, the end of classical “biblical archeology”, the overcoming of the parochial character of the ‘Christian’ theology of liberation, the opening to the horizon of deep ecology ... and the recent encounter with the last new paradigms, which show that this spiritual adventure still has much to do ahead.Keywords: Medellín; Spirituality of liberation; Theology of liberation; Option for the poor; Paradigms.

Latin American Liberation Theology and Postcolonial Studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 313-349
Author(s):  
Roberto Puggioni
Keyword(s):  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Postcolonial Studies ◽  
Global Capitalism ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Western World ◽  
Theology Of Liberation

Abstract This paper argues in favour of the need of a continuous decolonisation and contextualisation of theology. Global capitalism, modernity, and the persistent colonial attitudes of the Western world are the phenomena in which to frame the presence of striking inequalities among and within countries. By assuming a liberationist standpoint, the analysis points at the convergence in methods and scopes of the Western postcolonial thought and the Latin American Christian theology of liberation for an effective decolonisation of theology. Liberation, with all its implications, becomes the key term through which to understand this relationship.

scholarly journals A call for the restoration of orthodoxy in South African Christian theology

1991 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Engelbrecht
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
The Road ◽  
Bona Fide ◽  
Orthodox Theology ◽  
Polar Opposite ◽  
The Demonic

Liberation theology can only be understood as a pseudo-theology inspired by the spirit of Marx. It is not a bona fide or leg itimate theology, but the polar opposite thereof. Its destructive aims mirror those of Marxism, which can only be understood if the demonic spirit of Marx is seen as its real origin. The Kairos Document and the Road to Damascus replaced the biblical God with the anti-god of Marx, the deified proletariat and the deified revolution. The article calls for a reconversion to God who revealed himself in Jesus Christ of Scriptures. Orthodox theology is truly ‘thisworldly’ theology, since it offers real hope and salvation. The Marxist gospel can only offer a utopia, a ‘no-place’. It is self-alienating, world-aUenating and God-alienating.

Theologies of Liberation in Latin America and Palestine-Israel in Comparative Perspective: Contextual Differences and Practical Similarities

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel J. Kuruvilla
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
The State ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Political Analysis ◽  
State Of Israel ◽  
Contextual Differences ◽  
Theology Of Liberation

This article concerns the development of a theology of Christian liberation and contextual polity from its early origins in Latin America to one of its present manifestations as part of the Palestinian people's struggle for justice and freedom from the state of Israel. This article will be primarily dedicated to a historical and political analysis of the theological context, which includes three different strands. First, there was the development of theologies of liberation, as they are made manifest in Latin America and elsewhere. Next, there was the theology of other Palestinian Christians, and particularly that of the Al-Liqa group that contributed to the development of a contextual Palestinian theology of liberation within the ‘occupied’ context that is Palestine today. And finally there was the case of Palestinian Protestant Christian theologians such as the Rev. Dr Naim Ateek and the Rev. Dr Mitri Raheb who have raised definitional issues regarding liberation theology and Palestinian contextual Christianity.

scholarly journals A Teologia da Libertação e a questão de seus fundamentos. Em debate com Clodovis Boff

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (270) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Luiz Carlos Susin ◽  
Érico João Hammes
Keyword(s):  
Linear Logic ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Hermeneutic Circle ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theology Of Liberation

Este artigo debate com Clodovis Boff as suas afirmações de que a Teologia da Libertação acabou por inverter a relação entre Deus e o pobre, colocando o pobre no lugar de Cristo. Em réplica, aqui sustentamos que o pobre não é apenas uma decorrência cristológica, mas antes um “lugar teológico” privilegiado para compreender Cristo e Deus do ponto de vista da teologia cristã, inclusive seu teste de veracidade. O artigo debate também a metodologia de Clodovis, que segue uma lógica linear, de sabor escolástico, e não considera suficientemente a complexidade do círculo hermenêutico e a tradição bíblica que obriga a incorporar o paradoxo e o escândalo da quenose como categoria bíblica. Por fim, a categoria de quenose não pode se ater a uma memória textual, mas entra em círculo hermenêutico com a quenose atual dos pobres e de todos os que estão em situação de vulnerabilidade, aos quais é dado o Reino de Deus.Abstract: This article engages in a debate with Clodovis Boff with regard to his statements that the Theology of Liberation, by replacing Christ with the poor, ended by inverting the relationship between God and the poor. In refutation of this, we affirm here that the poor are not just a christological consequence but more a privileged “theological place” to understand Christ and God from the point of view of christian theology, and even to test their veracity. The article also disputes Clodovis’ methodology which, in our view, follows a linear logic of a somewhat scholastic flavour, and does not take into sufficient consideration the complexity of the hermeneutic circle and the biblical tradition that forces us to incorporate the paradox and the scandal of the kenosis as a biblical category. Finally the category of kenosis cannot be limited to a textual memory; it enters into a hermeneutic circle with the present kenosis of the poor and of all those who are still in a situation of vulnerability and to whom the Kingdom of God is given.

scholarly journals A practical theology of liberation: Mimetic theory, liberation theology and practical theology

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel D. Aguilar Ramírez ◽  
Stephan De Beer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Practical Theology ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Global South ◽  
Guatemala City ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Mimetic Theory ◽  
Spatial Justice ◽  
Theology Of Liberation

In this article, the authors bring two personal journeys together: one author’s liberationist journey, sparked by a search for justice and liberation in the slums of Guatemala City, and the other’s lifelong commitment to practical theology and spatial justice in South Africa. A practical theology of liberation is the result of life experiences in countries of the Global South amidst the search for justice and liberation. The worlds that come together in this article are René Girard’s mimetic theory, liberation theology and practical theology. This article raises the question of the cross-contextuality of practical theology and the theological application of mimetic theory to develop innovative theological methodologies that respond to the collective woundedness of the urban context in the Global South.Contribution: The main contribution of this article is the use of three seemingly different theological approaches in conjunction. This article opens the door to inform practical theology with René Girard’s mimetic theory and liberation theology.

Prophetic Preaching, Liberation Theology and the Holy Land

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-244
Author(s):  
Duncan Macpherson
Keyword(s):  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Jewish People ◽  
Holy Land ◽  
Prophetic Preaching ◽  
Oppressed People ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Preferential Option ◽  
Theology Of Liberation

For Christian preachers the Holy Land is essential to understanding the Bible. Preachers often leave modern Israel-Palestine out of their preaching picture. Others, fundamentalist preachers, support modern Israel for its part in an apocalyptic drama of the last times. A third group sees the land as the recompense to the Jewish people for their sufferings – reinforced for some by a residually literalist interpretation of Scripture. Still others show solidarity with indigenous Palestinian Christians, developing a theology of liberation emphasising God's preferential option for the poor – the Palestinians and all oppressed people. Homiletic strategies will be sketched to illustrate this last approach.

Process Theology and Liberation Theology: Theological and Ethical Reflections

Horizons ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-248
Author(s):  
June O'Connor
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Alfred North Whitehead ◽  
Process Theology ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Contemporary Christian ◽  
The Future ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Ethical Reflections

AbstractProcess theology, inspired by the thought of Alfred North Whitehead, and liberation theology, prompted by the experience of oppression in Latin America, are two distinct and separate forms of contemporary Christian theology that both provoke and compel our attention. Although they vary dramatically in the standpoints from which they speak, the audiences to whom they speak, and the languages with which they speak, process and liberation theologies nonetheless share some striking similarities of viewpoint that bear ethical import. The author thus details their positions on existence in community, freedom and creativity, and resonsibility for the future, as well as the differences noted above, and claims that it is on ethical grounds that their contributions are most profound and their potential impact most far-reaching.

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