Liberation Theology An Introductory Guide

Name: Liberation Theology An Introductory Guide
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ISBN: 9780664254247

ISBN-10: 0664254241

ISBN-13: 9780664254247

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robert McAfee Brown

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Book details

List price: $29.00
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date: 1/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.50" long x 8.35" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Author's Note


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Situating Ourselves



A New Way of Understanding People (the human side of God's story)


Making Connections


The Human Story and God's Story


Four Recurring Themes



A New Way of Seeing the World (1492 and all that)


Different Ways of Using the Past


Learning from Las Casas


A New Starting Point--And Three Follow-ups



A New Way of Encountering God ("to know God is to do justice")


Theology as a Love Letter


Theology as the "Second Act"


Critical Reflection on Praxis in the Light of the Word of God


The Good News of Liberation


Jesus as Liberator


To Know God Is to Do Justice



A New Way of Being the Church (the genie that won't go back in the bottle)


The Discovery of the Future--A Look at the Past


The Discovery of One Another--The Base Communities


The Discovery of the Bible--A Charter for Change


The Discovery of Conflict--A Look at the Structures



Can There Be a New Way for Us? (1) (liberation theology and North America)


Stop...


...Look...


...and Listen


It's Kairos Time...



Can There Be a New Way for Us? (2) (our own liberation theology)


Is It Kairos Time for Us?


Three Cautions


Some Next Steps


A Concluding Biblical Image: Servants in Pharaoh's Court


Study Questions


Notes and Resources