Introducing Liberation Theology
Author: Leonardo Boff
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 90
ISBN-13: 1608332942
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Leonardo Boff
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 90
ISBN-13: 1608332942
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Stacey M Floyd-Thomas
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2010-03-01
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 081472793X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Demonstrates the critical use of religion to challenge oppression in the U.S. In the nascent United States, religion often functioned as a justifier of oppression. Yet while religious discourse buttressed such oppressive activities as slavery and the destruction of native populations, oppressed communities have also made use of religion to critique and challenge this abuse. As Liberation Theologies in the United States demonstrates, this critical use of religion has often taken the form of liberation theologies, which use primarily Christian principles to address questions of social justice, including racism, poverty, and other types of oppression. Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas and Anthony B. Pinn have brought together a stellar group of liberation theology scholars to provide a synthetic introduction to the historical development, context, theory, and goals of a range of U.S.-born liberation theologies. Chapters cover Black Theology, Womanist Theology, Latino/Hispanic Theology, Latina Theology, Asian American Theology, Asian American Feminist Theology, Native American Theology, Native Feminist Theology, Gay and Lesbian Theology, and Feminist Theology. Contributors: Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Robert Shore-Goss, Andrea Smith, Andrew Sung Park, George (Tink) Tinker, and Benjamin Valentin.
Author: Robert McAfee Brown
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2013-03-01
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 1620329026
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Here is a definitive introduction to liberation theology through the life and work of its most significant proponent, Gustavo Gutierrez. Robert McAfee Brown draws extensively on Gutierrez's own writings (some never published in English) and on personal conversations with him. Brown clearly and compellingly presents the basics of liberation theology and the differences between North American and Latin American theologies. The form of Gustavo Gutierrez is that of a drama. Brown's initial "program notes" introduce and situate the "author," the "actors," the "critics." He sets the stage with a history of church and state in Latin America and introduces its definitive figures, themes, and milestones. A collective biography of Gutierrez's spiritual predecessors is followed by a biography of Gutierrez himself, which takes critical account of his works. Then we are ready, dramatically and theologically, to move to the first act: that of commitment to the poor. The second act, in two scenes, explores first liberation theology's method of critical reflection on praxis and also its content: nothing less than the Word of God. Brown delves next into the controversies and criticisms Gutierrez faces, especially the challenges from authorities in Rome. Finally, in act three, readers discover that in this particular drama, they too are "on stage" and must take part by reflecting on what this drama really means for them.
Author: J. David Turner
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780819191373
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An introduction to how liberation theologists have fought for democratic socialism; demanded radical economic structural change; attempted to raise the consciousness of the poor; and challenged traditional roles within the Catholic Church with the goal of giving the laity a stronger voice.
Author: Hopkins, Dwight N.
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2014-04-10
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 1608334570
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A book that reviews the principles of modern Black Theology, its roots and contributions to the Christian world. It also discusses what challenges Black theologians face in their minister and their religious communities.
Author: David Tombs
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-11-08
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9004496467
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →David Tombs offers an accessible introduction to the theological challenges raised by Latin American Liberation and a new contribution to how these challenges might be understood as a chronological sequence. Liberation theology emerged in the 1960s in Latin America and thrived until it reached a crisis in the 1990s. This work traces the distinct developments in thought through the decades, thus presenting a contextual theology. The book is divided into five main sections: the historical role of the church from Columbus’s arrival in 1492 until the Cuban revolution of 1959; the reform and renewal decade of the 1960s; the transitional decade of the 1970s; the revision and redirection of liberation theology in the 1980s; and a crisis of relevance in the 1990s. This book offers insights into liberation theology’s profound contributions for any socially engaged theology of the future and is crucial to understanding liberation theology and its legacies. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.
Author: Miguel A. De La Torre
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2015-09-15
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1608336069
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Leonardo Boff
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 120
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Cone, James, H.
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2018-12
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1608337723
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The introduction to this edition by Cornel West was originally published in Dwight N. Hopkins, ed., Black Faith and Public Talk: Critical Essays on James H. Cone's Black Theology & Black Power (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999; reprinted 2007 by Baylor University Press)."
Author: Bruce L. Fields
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2019-07-11
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 1532680325
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →—What is black theology? —What can black theology teach the evangelical church? —What is the future of black theology? These are the questions Bruce Fields addresses in Introducing Black Theology. Defining black theology as a theology of liberation offers insights into the history, future, and nature of black theology. Black theology developed in response to widespread racism and bigotry in the Christian church and seeks to understand the social and historical experiences of African Americans in light of their Christian confession. Fields discusses sources, hermeneutics, and implications of black theology and reflects upon the function and responsibilities of black theologians. This concise, accessible introduction to black theology draws upon history, hermeneutics, culture, and scripture and will create a dialogue of respect and reconciliation between blacks and whites within the evangelical church.