Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology

Name: Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology
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ISBN: 9780521688932

ISBN-10: 0521688930

ISBN-13: 9780521688932

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Christopher Rowland

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Liberation theology is widely referred to in discussions of politics and religion but not always adequately understood. The new edition of this Companion brings the story of the movement's continuing importance and impact up to date. Additional essays, which complement those in the original edition, expand upon the issues by dealing with gender and sexuality and the important matter of epistemology. In the light of a more conservative ethos in Roman Catholicism, and in theology generally, liberation theology is often said to have been an intellectual movement tied to a particular period of ecumenical and political theology. These essays indicate its continuing importance in different…

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List price: $39.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/29/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 340
Size: 6.34" wide x 8.78" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Notes on contributors


Foreword to the second edition



Preface to the first edition


Glossary


Abbreviations


Introduction: the theology of liberation




Contemporary Liberation Theology



The task and content of liberation theology




'Action is the life of all': the praxis-based epistemology of liberation theology




Liberation theology in Asia




Black theology




Feminist theology: a critical theology of liberation




Demythologising liberation theology: reflections on power, poverty and sexuality




Aspects of Liberation Theology



The origins and character of the base ecclesial community: a Brazilian perspective




The Bible and the poor: a new way of doing theology




Liberation and reconstruction: the unfinished agenda




Analysis and Criticism



Liberation theology and the Roman Catholic Church




Marxism, liberation theology and the way of negation




The economics of liberation theology




Political theology, tradition and modernity




Globalising liberation theology: the American context, and coda



Epilogue: the future of liberation theology



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Index