Liberation Theology
by Brown, Robert McAfeeFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1993-03-01
Publisher(s): Westminster John Knox Pr
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Summary
In a manner that is vivid and lively, Robert McAfee Brown explains and illuminates liberation theology for North American readers who may have no previous knowledge of this dynamic Christian movement. Growing out of the experience of oppressed people in Latin America, liberation theology lends a transforming power to both the study of the Bible and the Christian duty to work for justice for all God's people. With heartwarming, terrifying, and humorous stories, Brown shows the strength and significance of one of the outstanding developments in religious faith today and for the future.
Author Biography
Robert McAfee Brown is Professor Emeritus of Theology and Ethics, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California.
Table of Contents
| Author's Note | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Introduction: Situating Ourselves | p. 1 |
| A New Way of Understanding People (the human side of God's story) | p. 19 |
| Making Connections | |
| The Human Story and God's Story | |
| Four Recurring Themes | |
| A New Way of Seeing the World (1492 and all that) | p. 35 |
| Different Ways of Using the Past | |
| Learning from Las Casas | |
| A New Starting Point--And Three Follow-ups | |
| A New Way of Encountering God ("to know God is to do justice") | p. 51 |
| Theology as a Love Letter | |
| Theology as the "Second Act" | |
| Critical Reflection on Praxis in the Light of the Word of God | |
| The Good News of Liberation | |
| Jesus as Liberator | |
| To Know God Is to Do Justice | |
| A New Way of Being the Church (the genie that won't go back in the bottle) | p. 69 |
| The Discovery of the Future--A Look at the Past | |
| The Discovery of One Another--The Base Communities | |
| The Discovery of the Bible--A Charter for Change | |
| The Discovery of Conflict--A Look at the Structures | |
| Can There Be a New Way for Us? (1) (liberation theology and North America) | p. 89 |
| Stop... | |
| ...Look... | |
| ...and Listen | |
| It's Kairos Time... | |
| Can There Be a New Way for Us? (2) (our own liberation theology) | p. 107 |
| Is It Kairos Time for Us? | |
| Three Cautions | |
| Some Next Steps | |
| A Concluding Biblical Image: Servants in Pharaoh's Court | |
| Study Questions | p. 129 |
| Notes and Resources | p. 133 |
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