Liberation Theology

Liberation theology (Spanish: Teología de la liberación, Portuguese: Teologia da libertação) is a synthesis of Christian theology and socio-economic analyses, that emphasizes "social concern for the poor and political liberation for oppressed peoples." Beginning in the 1960s after the Second Vatican Council, liberation theology became the political praxis of Latin American theologians such as Gustavo Gutiérrez, Leonardo Boff, and Jesuits Juan Luis Segundo, and Jon Sobrino, who popularized the phrase "preferential option for the poor." This expression was used first by Jesuit Fr. General Pedro Arrupe in 1968 and soon after this the World Synod of Catholic Bishops in 1971 …

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ICG: International Crisis Group · 18 April 2024 English

16 “Memorandum Order 32: Reinforcing the Guidelines for the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police in the Implementation of Measures to Suppress and Prevent Lawless Violence”, …

island in the early 1970s, partly inspired by liberation theology, and also in reaction to martial law and


WEF: World Economic Forum · 16 January 2024 English

Amma, Founder, Mata Amritanandamayi Math Faith in Action: Religion and Spirituality in the Polycrisis 5 1 The impact of faith-based action in the polycrisis The impact of faith-based action and …

Rahemtulla, S. (2017). Qur’an of the oppressed: liberation theology and gender justice in Islam. Oxford University


QUT Centre for Justice · 27 November 2023 English

In the early 1970s she joined the wave of ‘new’ criminological thinking and critique that was underway, meeting key figures in the US such as Richard Quinney and members of …

European positivist thought, but ideas from Liberation Theology and Liberation Pedagogy had started to influence


QUT Centre for Justice · 27 November 2023

In the early 1970s she joined the wave of ‘new’ criminological thinking and critique that was underway, meeting key figures in the US such as Richard Quinney and members of …

European positivist thought, but ideas from Liberation Theology and Liberation Pedagogy had started to influence


GEC: Green Economy Coalition · 26 August 2023 English

The eco-social contract larger freedoms for all; and transformation recognizes the importance of going of economies and societies to halt climate beyond expanding the pie and trickle-down change and environmental …

repression, violence and origin mediated by Liberation Theology: compared to 2010. This stands in stark displacement


IGCC: UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation · 17 August 2023 English

controlled comparison.36 A high degree of similarity between the cases and a nearly dichotomous37 difference in the main independent variable of old regime security apparatus status facilitates macro-causal inferences38—while recognizing …

Leninism, anti-imperialism, and Catholic Liberation Theology). Second, Iran was more economically independent


ACODE: Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment · 20 June 2023 English

We appreciate the participation of the ACODE District Researchers from the 10 districts in collecting the data, the head teachers from the sampled primary schools, and the pupils and their …

Postdigital dialogues on critical pedagogy, liberation theology and information technology. Bloomsbury. MoES


OHCHR: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights · 6 June 2023 English

In order to look at these issues in greater depth, three dimensions of pro-family discourse on gender and development are discussed: the co-optation of “UN language” and associated high-level tools, …

conservative policies against communism, liberation theology, and SRHR in many countries in the Global


IGCC: UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation · 26 May 2023 English

controlled comparison.36 A high degree of similarity between the cases and a nearly dichotomous37 difference in the main independent variable of old regime security apparatus status facilitates macro-causal inferences38—while recognizing …

Leninism, anti-imperialism, and Catholic Liberation Theology). Second, Iran was more economically independent


UnidosUS · 15 May 2023 English

The project required: 1) the determination of ten seminal content areas, developed by UnidosUS and the organization’s network of professors and specialists; 2) the design of a rubric for review, …

2 Cold War link to migration to U.S. 1.2 Liberation Theology 0 School of the Americas trained anti-communist War link to migration to U.S. 0 2 3 2 0 0 Liberation Theology 0 0 0 0 0 0 School of the Americas trained Archbishop Oscar Romero in El Salvador (1980) 0 Liberation Theology 0 Operation Peter Pan (Cuban children escaping


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