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To: SERKIT
the ideology of liberation theology

This is a little off target, but can anybody provide a reference for a definition of liberation theology?

69 posted on 10/16/2008 5:34:35 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: mlocher
This is a little off target, but can anybody provide a reference for a definition of liberation theology?

http://www.mb-soft.com/believe/txn/liberati.htm

"Liberation theologians agree with Marx's famous statement: "Hitherto philosophers have explained the world; our task is to change it." They argue that theologians are not meant to be theoreticians but practitioners engaged in the struggle to bring about society's transformation. In order to do this liberation theologyemploys a Marxist-style class analysis, which divides the culture between oppressors and oppressed. This conflictual sociological analysis is meant to identify the injustices and exploitation within the historical situation. Marxism and liberation theology condemn religion for supporting the status quo and legitimating the power of the oppressor. But unlike Marxism, liberation theology turns to the Christian faith as a means for bringing about liberation. Marx failed to see the emotive, symbolic, and sociological force the church could be in the struggle for justice. Liberation theologians claim that they are not departing from the ancient Christian tradition when they use Marxist thought as a tool for social analysis. They do not claim to use Marxism as a philosophical world view or a comprehensive plan for political action. Human liberation may begin with the economic infrastructure, but it does not end there."

73 posted on 10/16/2008 5:41:17 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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