Liberation Theology and Social Justice: A Defense

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel A. De La Torre
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Liberation Theology

Liberation Theology and the Central America Solidarity Movement

2019 ◽  
pp. 95-126
Author(s):  
Sharon Erickson Nepstad
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Central American ◽  
Religious Movements ◽  
Revolutionary Movements ◽  
School Of The Americas

This chapter examines the conditions that fostered liberation theology in Latin America. The chapter provides a brief overview of liberation theology’s central themes and how it fueled revolutionary movements in Central America, particularly in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala. It surveys the Catholic hierarchy’s responses, ranging from sympathy to condemnation, and highlights several US religious movements that expressed solidarity with Central American Catholics who were fighting for social justice. These organizations included Witness for Peace, which brought US Christians to the war zones of Nicaragua to deter combat attacks, and also Pledge of Resistance, which mobilized tens of thousands into action when US policy toward the region grew more bellicose. Finally, the chapter describes the School of the Americas Watch, which aimed to stop US training of Latin American militaries that were responsible for human rights atrocities.

‘There is a Reason’: A Call to Re-Consider the Relationship between Charity and Social Justice

Exchange ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elina Hankela
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Bright Future ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Vital Element

Contemporary academic discourse on social justice increasingly urges the elision of aspects of ‘charity’ from the concept. Writing in the context of liberation theology discourse in particular, the author agrees with the need to prioritize social-justice-centred frameworks but argues for an explicit theorization of (true) charity as a vital element within them. The argument is informed by ethnographic engagement with a group of young, low-income Zimbabwean migrants in Johannesburg. It is inspired in particular by attending to how charitable action features in their narratives as a source of dignity and motivation that enables them to work towards a bright future, as well as contributing towards their day-to-day survival.

scholarly journals AGAMA DAN POLITIK: TEOLOGI PEMBEBASAN SEBAGAI ARENA PROFETISASI AGAMA

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Wasisto Raharjo Jati
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Religion And Politics ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Comparative Study ◽  
The Relationship

<p class="IIABSBARU">This article aims to analyze the comparative study of the liberation theology perspective. The notion of liberation theology is a form of transformative theology that concerned within issues of equality and social justice. The relationship amidst religion and politics is reciprocal due to there are conflicts of interest between both entities. Emergence of liberation theology itself arises because of the politicization of religion has become more acute and chronic so it needs to be transformed. The thought of liberation theology is basically grown in the famous case of Latin America with the spirit church of the poor. However, within Islam, it also found a similar essence that Islam also teaches that there egalitarianism, equality, and social justice. Article will elaborate about this comparison of liberation theology.</p><p class="IIABSBARU" align="center">***</p>Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis studi perbandingan perspektif teologi pembebasan. Gagasan teologi pembebasan adalah suatu bentuk teologi trans­formatif yang bersangkutan dalam isu-isu kesetaraan dan keadilan sosial. Hubungan di tengah-tengah agama dan politik adalah timbal balik karena ada konflik kepentingan antara kedua entitas. Munculnya teologi pembebasan itu sendiri timbul karena adanya politisasi agama telah menjadi lebih akut dan kronis sehingga perlu diubah. Pikiran teologi pembebasan pada dasarnya tumbuh dalam kasus terkenal Amerika Latin dengan semangat gereja kaum miskin. Namun, dalam Islam, itu juga menemukan esensi yang sama bahwa Islam juga mengajarkan bahwa ada egalitarianisme, kesetaraan, dan keadilan sosial. Pasal akan menguraikan tentang perbandingan ini teologi pembebasan.

Liberation Theology and Social Justice

1985 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew L. Lamb ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Liberation Theology

Catholicism and Human Rights in Haiti: Past, Present, and Future

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Rey
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Track Record ◽  
Plantation Slavery ◽  
Catholic Charismatic Renewal ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church ◽  
A Current

AbstractThis article surveys the relationship between Catholicism and human rights during four periods of Haitian history: (1) the colonial era of plantation slavery; (2) the 'antisuperstitious' campaigns from 1898 to 1943; (3) the dictatorship of François Duvalier from 1957–1971; and (4) the rise and fall of liberation theology in Haiti from the mid 1970s to the present. My primary argument is that despite a generally deplorable Catholic track record vis-à-vis human rights, there has also been a consistent ethical tributary of Catholic struggle for social justice in this poor Caribbean nation. Its strongest current fed the church-based activism that helped topple the dynastic Duavlier regime in 1986—a current that has since weakened in part due to the emergence of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Prospects for a liberationist renewal within the Renewal, however, could dictate the future of the Haitain Catholic Church's engagement in the struggle for human rights.

scholarly journals Deaf Liberation Theology and Social Justice

Religions ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 232
Author(s):  
Hannah Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Liberation Theology
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