liberation theology

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Liberation theology is a Christian movement, especially prominent in Latin America, that interprets the gospel through the lens of social justice and the struggle for the liberation of the poor and oppressed from political, economic, and social injustice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theology
contextual theology
theological movement
alsoPresentIn Protestant churches
associatedWith Clodovis Boff
linked to: Leonardo Boff

Gustavo Gutiérrez
Hugo Assmann
Jon Sobrino
Juan Luis Segundo
Leonardo Boff
Óscar Romero
branch Dalit theology
black liberation theology
eco-liberation theology
feminist liberation theology
minjung theology
coreConcern economic liberation
liberation from social oppression
liberation of the poor
political liberation
social justice
criticizedBy Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Pope John Paul II
criticizedFor politicization of the gospel
use of Marxist categories
denominationalContext Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
developedIn 1960s
1970s
emphasis community organizing
economic justice
human rights
political engagement
praxis
preferential option for the poor
structural sin
goal holistic salvation (spiritual and material)
transformation of unjust social structures
influenced political theology
public theology
influencedBy Catholic social teaching
Marxist social analysis
Medellín Conference of Latin American Bishops (1968)
Puebla Conference of Latin American Bishops (1979)
Second Vatican Council
dependency theory
interprets Christian gospel through the lens of the poor
keyConcept base ecclesial communities
historical praxis
integral liberation
reading the Bible from the perspective of the oppressed
structural injustice
language primarily Spanish
mainRegion Latin America
majorProponent Gustavo Gutiérrez
majorWork A Theology of Liberation
religiousTradition Christianity
responseTo authoritarian regimes in Latin America
economic inequality
poverty in Latin America

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Christus Victor theory of atonement influenced liberation theology
Black Power movement influenced Black liberation theology
linked to: liberation theology
Christian anarchism associatedConcept liberation theology
International Theological Commission topic theology of liberation
linked to: liberation theology
Catholic Church in the Americas associatedMovement Liberation theology
linked to: liberation theology
socially engaged Buddhism relatedTo liberation theology
Ernst Bloch influenced liberation theology
Jewish liberation theology relatedTo Latin American liberation theology
linked to: liberation theology
Catholic Church in El Salvador associatedWithMovement Liberation theology
linked to: liberation theology