Abstract
The subject of the new kind of theology which arose in 1960’s and 1970’s been and still is much disputed issue. Here I mean liberation theology and the most influential book in this particular kind of theology, A Theology of Liberation by Gustavo Gutierrez. Time clamed this book as "The movement's most influential text.This book is a classical historical and theological study. It represents the new fresh wind in the history of theological study.
Highlights
The subject of the new kind of theology which arose in 1960’s and 1970’s been and still is much disputed issue
Gustavo Gutierrez is a Peruvian Roman Catholic theologian and priest who is often referred as the «father of liberation theology»
He studied in Louvain and Lyons and after his graduation he came back to Peru, where he was a professor at the Catholic University in Lima at the same time, he has involved himself with the poor and has been a consultant to the Episcopal Conference of Latin America
Summary
The subject of the new kind of theology which arose in 1960’s and 1970’s been and still is much disputed issue. The purpose of his book is to express the meaning and nature of liberation theology, to describe the reasons which gave birth to this new epoch in Latin America and to express this new challenge to injustice and dependence In this Introduction Gutierrez defines that the term liberation theology as meaning “a critical reflection on the Christian praxis in the light of the Word of God.” This definition is supported by Barth, who once said that “the true hearer of the word is the one who puts it into practice”
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