The Hope of Liberation in World Religions
Baylor University Press · Hardcover · December 15, 2020
Liberation theology emphasizes the Christian mission to bring justice to the poor and oppressed.
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- Who it’s for
- Liberation theology meets multiple faith traditions through contributors’ accounts of marginalized perspectives.
- Themes
- Liberation theology across religions, Justice for the poor and oppressed, Marginalized perspectives
- Genres
- Liberation Theology, Comparative Religion, Ecumenism
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Liberation theology emphasizes the Christian mission to bring justice to the poor and oppressed. As a part of Christian theology, liberation theology has been most frequently associated with the Catholic Church in Latin America. This groundbreaking work seeks to identify how the theological concepts of liberation theology might be manifested within other world faith traditions.
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This is thus the first book that attempts to find a "common ground" for liberation theology across religions. All of the contributors are scholars who share the religion or belief system they describe. Throughout, they endeavor to articulate liberationist concepts from the perspective of those who have been marginalized.
Liberation Across Faiths
Liberation theology meets multiple faith traditions through contributors’ accounts of marginalized perspectives.
Come here for
- How liberation theology’s concepts may appear across world faith traditions
- Contributors describing their own religions or belief systems
Expect
- An attempt to identify common ground across religions
- Attention to liberationist ideas from marginalized perspectives
Where it sits
| Comparative Religion | 82% |
|---|---|
| Ecumenism | 71% |
| Liberation Theology | 50% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Liberation Theology
- Christianity
- Authors
- Miguel A. De La Torre
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press
- Published
- December 15, 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Liberation theology across religions · Justice for the poor and oppressed · Marginalized perspectives
- Reading lane
- Liberation Theology