Abstract
The taproot of Latin American liberation theology is the reign of God, or God’s redemptive and liberating presence in history. Liberation theology tries to relate God’s reign to people through their own culture and social situation, especially to the poor and marginal members of society. It maintains that God’s reign, proclaimed authoritatively and efficaciously by Jesus, brings about a new human being in a new society marked by justice, freedom, solidarity, and peace. This reign, then, serves as the ultimate truth for liberation theology’s social theory. Yet, liberation theologians know that the reign of God, if it is to be communicated effectively to people in their particular historical situation, must be mediated through theological sources (Scripture and tradition) and social-scientific sources (anthropology, economics, sociology).
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