Liberation Theology and Praxis in Contemporary Latin America : As It Was in the Beginning?.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradbury, Pablo.

Contributor:

Geraghty, Niall H.D., 1984-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberation theology.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University of London Press 2025

London : University of London Press, 2025.

Summary:

Focusing on the lived experiences and spiritual and embodied practices of those engaged in social action in Latin America, this book's diverse, interdisciplinary contributions seek to re-evaluate the history and legacy of liberation theology in examining religious praxis in the region from the 1960s to the present day.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Notes on contributors

Foreword: Theology in the footsteps of the martyrs

The legacy of the martyrs commits us

The risk of squandering this legacy

The method of doing theology in the footsteps of the martyrs

To conclude

Notes

References

Acknowledgements

Introduction: As it was in the beginning?

1. Conflict and ecclesiology: Obedience, institutionality and people of God in the Movement of Priests for the Third World

Conflict and privilege

Verticality and horizontality

Containment and transgression

Fragmentation

Conclusion

2. Legacies of the ‘bridge man’: Catholic accompaniment, inter-class relations and the classification of surplus in Montevideo

Those who come bearing gifts

Roots of Catholic confluence in the Cruz

Acompañamiento amid structural sin: between reciprocity and unconditional charity

Bridges, networks and the (in)dignity of waste

Conclusion Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

1-915249-63-5

1-915249-64-3

OCLC:

1500519348