The Cambridge companion to liberation theology / / edited by Christopher Rowland [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNISA996202593103316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999
• ISBN: 1-139-00006-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Cambridge companions to religion
• Disciplina: 230/.0464
• Soggetti: Liberation theology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
• Nota di contenuto: Task and content of liberation theology / G. Gutierrez translated by Judith Condor -- Liberation theology in Asia / Bastiaan Wielenga -- Black theology / Edward Antonio -- Feminist theology: a critical theology of liberation / Mary Grey -- The origins and character of the base ecclesial community : a Brazilian perspective / Andrew Dawson -- The Bible and the poor : a new way of doing theology / Gerald West -- Liberation and reconstruction : the unfinished agenda / Charles Villa-Vicencio -- Liberation theology and the Roman Catholic Church / Peter Hebblethwaite -- Marxism, liberation theology and the way of negation / Denys Turner -- The economics of liberation theology / Valpy Fitzgerald -- Political theology, tradition and modernity / Oliver O'Donovan -- Epilogue : the future of liberation theology / Christopher Rowland.
• Sommario/riassunto: Liberation theology is widely referred to in discussions of politics and religion but not always adequately understood. This Companion offers an introduction to the history and characteristics of liberation theology in its various forms in different parts of the world. Authors from four continents examine the emergence and character of liberation theology in Latin America; black theology; Asian theology; and the new situation arising from the end of the apartheid regime in South Africa. The major Christian Church's attitude to liberation theology, and the extent of the movement's indebtedness to Marxism, are examined; and a political theologian writing from another perspective of Christian theology offers an evaluation. Through a sequence of eleven chapters readers ; are given a comprehensive description and evaluation of the different facets of this important theological and social movement. There is also an Introduction relating liberation theology to the history of theology, and a Select Bibliography.