1st Edition

The Poor in Liberation Theology Pathway to God or Ideological Construct?

By Tim Noble Copyright 2013
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Liberation theology has, since its beginnings over forty years ago, placed the poor at the heart of theology and revealed the ideologies underlying both society and church. Meanwhile, over this period, the progressive church appears to have stagnated and the poor of Latin America have turned increasingly to neo-Pentecostalism. 'The Poor in Liberation Theology' questions whether the effect of... Read more
Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. In Search of the Poor In Liberation Theology 2. Constructing and Deconstructing Idols 3. The Other as Icon or Idol 4. Clodovis Boff - Keeping The Dialectical Tension Conclusion Bibliography Index

Biography

Tim Noble