Freedom and Existence : The Existentialism of Juan Luis Segundo's Liberation Theology.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tennant, Matthew Aaron.

Series:

Theologische Bibliothek Töpelmann Series

Theologische Bibliothek Töpelmann Series ; v.205

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023.

Summary:

Is theology a dead corpse or living organism? For Uruguayan Jesuit Juan Luis Segundo (1925-1996), theology is dynamic. Freedom and existence for central themes. Segundo believed that theology should be transformative in human lives. For a theology to be transformative, there must be a connection to existence. That is, it must be existential. Yet most scholars have overlooked this assumption in critical analyses of liberation theology. This prima facie connection to existence is distinguishable from existentialism as a school of philosophy. By showing the significant existential dimension to Segundo's theology, assessing his work and contribution to twentieth-century theology relates to freedom, ecumenism, the role of faith in society, and the relationship between faith and ideologies.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Contents

Abbreviations

Abstract

1 Which liberation theology?

2 Building an existential basis

3 Christian existentialism

4 Understanding freedom

5 Libertad, base communities and tape 24

6 Heidegger and existential grammar

7 Latent existentialism in liberation

8 Ideologies, faith, and freedom

Overall conclusion

Appendix I: "Existencialismo Cristiano"

Appendix II: Sartre y Camus

Appendix III: "La fenomenología"

Works Cited

Scripture Index

Name Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783111197180

3111197182

OCLC:

1393308462