The Agony of Liberation Theology
The aim of this article is to understand why Liberation Theology remains in dispute, placed between life and death, in the condition of agony as its own place. To this purpose, it analyzes the malaise and misunderstandings that accompany it, especially contemporary ones. It seeks to situate Liberati...
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| description | The aim of this article is to understand why Liberation Theology remains in dispute, placed between life and death, in the condition of agony as its own place. To this purpose, it analyzes the malaise and misunderstandings that accompany it, especially contemporary ones. It seeks to situate Liberation Theology in its connection with history and today’s society in its conflicts and sufferings. This way, it seriously considers theological places as social and historical places and vice versa. It then deepens its epistemological vocation with the principle of liberation together with the principle of mercy and the principle of hope. It concludes with the internal approaches of this theology as Theologies for the Kingdom of God, affirmative theologies, and Theology of the God of the Kingdom, theology of <i>kenosis</i>, of God on the crosses of those who suffer. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-be90de6156f24bd7a48d496f95955b8d2025-08-20T02:47:14ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442025-06-0116785210.3390/rel16070852The Agony of Liberation TheologyLuiz Carlos Susin0School of Humanities, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 90619-900, BrazilThe aim of this article is to understand why Liberation Theology remains in dispute, placed between life and death, in the condition of agony as its own place. To this purpose, it analyzes the malaise and misunderstandings that accompany it, especially contemporary ones. It seeks to situate Liberation Theology in its connection with history and today’s society in its conflicts and sufferings. This way, it seriously considers theological places as social and historical places and vice versa. It then deepens its epistemological vocation with the principle of liberation together with the principle of mercy and the principle of hope. It concludes with the internal approaches of this theology as Theologies for the Kingdom of God, affirmative theologies, and Theology of the God of the Kingdom, theology of <i>kenosis</i>, of God on the crosses of those who suffer.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16/7/852freedomliberationLatin American theologytheology and conflicttheological placesKingdom of God |
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