Prophets and Populists: Liberation Theology, 1968-1988

1989 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey L. Klaiber
Keyword(s):  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Coming Of Age ◽  
Church History ◽  
Current Event ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
American Christianity ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many ◽  
A Current

Although liberation theology may still be considered a “current event,” nevertheless, given its very evident and widespread impact on Latin American Christianity and elsewhere, it seems fairly safe to state that it is the most important theological movement which has emerged in Latin America in the four centuries since evangelization. Many authors would further contend that liberation theology symbolizes the coming of age of the Latin American church: from a peripheral, somewhat dormant and intellectually dependent church to one which actively contributes to Catholic and Protestant thought throughout the world. For this reason alone, without mentioning the many political ramifications of liberation theology, it merits attention as one of the key themes in Latin American church history. The aim of this article is threefold: to briefly outline the origins and development of liberation theology; to examine the different ecclesial, social and political factors which influenced its development, and finally, to indicate what direction liberation theology seems to be taking currently.

The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Christianity

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
American Christianity ◽  
Global Christianity ◽  
The World ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Point Of Departure

By 2025, Latin America’s population of observant Christians will be the largest in the world. Nonetheless, studies examining the exponential growth of global Christianity tend to overlook this region, focusing instead on Africa and Asia. Research on Christianity in Latin America provides a core point of departure for understanding the growth and development of Christianity in the “Global South.” This volume includes research from an interdisciplinary contingent of scholars whose studies examine Latin American Christianity in all of its manifestations, from the colonial to the contemporary period. Essays provide an accessible background to understanding Christianity in Latin America. They span the era from indigenous and African-descendant people’s conversion to and transformation of Catholicism during the colonial period through the advent of Liberation Theology in the 1960s and to conversion to Pentecostalism and Charismatic Catholicism.

Ecumenical Relations Between Boston Puritanism and German Pietism: Cotton Mather and August Hermann Francke

1961 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernst Benz
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Martin Luther ◽  
Church History ◽  
Cotton Mather ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many ◽  
Teaching Church

May I begin with a personal introduction to the theme of this evening's lecture, the encounter between continental pietism and New England Puritanism? I began teaching Church history at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg in 1932. There I had the opportunity to study the archives of August Hermann Francke, in the old library of Francke's orphanage. These archives were in a state of highly inspiring disorder, for there were chances of all kinds of unforeseen discoveries, both in the many boxes containing Francke's correspondence and on the shelves holding all the books sent to this head of pietism by his friends all over the world. At first, I studied his correspondence with ministers, scholars, bishops and generals in Russia and the Baltics, publishing an article about Francke in Russia. Then I came across some boxes which held an enormous mass of material connected with New England, letters to German ministers and German communities in Pennsylvania, diaries of emigrants, together with letters in English from Puritan theologians and New England missionaries. I was especially interested in Francke's correspondence with Cotton Mather.

Globalization and Labor: Reflections on Contemporary Latin America

2007 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Hershberg
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
Structural Adjustment Programs ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many

As the editors note in their introduction to this special issue of the journal, for more than 500 years, indeed since the conquest, Latin-American economies and societies have been profoundly affected by developments in the world system. Over the past century alone, watershed moments such as the Great Depression of the 1930s and the oil shocks and international debt crisis of the 1970s and 80s, have rocked Latin-American economies, transforming development paradigms and with them the circumstances of the many millions who inhabit the region. Today, a quarter century has passed since Latin-American economies embarked, unevenly yet largely irreversibly, on the path of market-oriented reform. Designed to stimulate growth through insertion into global markets, structural adjustment programs swept Latin America in the wake of the debt crisis and were followed by a panoply of measures that sought an enduring restructuring of economies in the region. The pursuit of these so-called Washington Consensus policies did away with the inward-oriented strategies that had shaped development in the region throughout the postwar period. However reluctantly, Latin America staked its future on a renewed engagement with the world economy, and became a player in the highly contested processes of globalization that are reshaping societies and economies around much of the planet.

Study of Integrating a Current Event into a University Chinese Course to Discuss ‘Desire’ and ‘Righteousness’ of Moral Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 88-90
Author(s):  
Hsin Chi Ko
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Moral Education ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Moral Character ◽  
University Student ◽  
Current Event ◽  
Qualitative Research Method ◽  
The World ◽  
A Current

There have been campus accidents one after another around the world. In Taiwan, a horrible murder of a university student took place on 2015/3/4; the cause was love-related desire. It is university education’s responsibility and obligation to improve students’ moral character. For this reason, this study was motivated to integrate this current event into a university Chinese course to explore literature related to ‘desire’ and ‘righteousness’ using a qualitative research method. The interpretations of ‘desire’ and ‘righteousness’ in the literature were analyzed and the results were summarized to help improve students’ mental health when dealing with people and situations and to enhance universities’ moral education function.

Church as Sacrament: Gutiérrez and Sobrino as Interpreters ofLumen Gentium

Horizons ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-95
Author(s):  
Todd Walatka
Keyword(s):  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Basic Point ◽  
Gustavo Gutierrez ◽  
The World ◽  
Effective Instrument ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Jon Sobrino ◽  
The Church

Vatican II'sGaudium et Spes(GS) has had an unmistakable and demonstrable impact on Latin American liberation theology. Likewise, any sufficient account of the impact of GS on the wider church would need to attend to liberation theology. This article affirms this basic point, then explores the often-underappreciated relationship between liberation theology andLumen Gentium(LG).In particular, it investigates how Gustavo Gutiérrez and Jon Sobrino interpret a fundamental ecclesiological affirmation of LG: the church as a sacrament of salvation and unity. Gutiérrez's early work provides, and Sobrino deepens, the basic point that the church's work as a sacrament inherently demands an option for the poor. Rather than being simply part of its social teaching, this option is at the heart of the churchquachurch. It is essential both for an adequate interpretation of LG and for a church seeking to be a credible sign and effective instrument of salvation and unity in the world.

scholarly journals Por uma transformação intercultural da teologia

2019 ◽  
Vol 78 (311) ◽  
pp. 695
Author(s):  
Sinivaldo Silva Tavares
Keyword(s):  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
Strong Polarization ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Culture History ◽  
The World ◽  
Christian Message ◽  
Intercultural Dialog

O anúncio cristão tem se dado mediante um diálogo intercultural que, historicamente, caracterizou-se por uma cerrada polarização entre fé e cultura. Esta polarização foi desconstruída pelo Vaticano II, ao propor-nos a transparência da cultura em relação à fé. A Teologia da Libertação latinoamericana explicitou as contradições internas da cultura moderna, propondo-nos relacionar fé e culturas provenientes do “reverso” da história e do “mundo dos pobres”. Nos dias que correm, as teologias se sentem desafiadas a se submeterem a um processo de transformação intercultural, onde o intercultural seja assumido como perspectiva e método e não apenas como tema.Abstract: The Christian message has been proclaimed through an intercultural dialog that, historically, was characterized by a strong polarization between faith and culture. Vatican II deconstructed this polarization, by proposing to us the transparency of culture with regard to faith. The Latin American Liberation Theology made explicit the internal contradictions of modern culture, inviting us to relate faith and cultures from the “other side” of History and from the “world of the poor.” In our days, theologies feel challenged to undergo a process of intercultural transformation, where the intercultural is assumed as a perspective and method and not just as a topic.Keywords: Faith; Reason; Culture; History; Interculturality.

Evangelism and Liberation Theology

1981 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-484
Author(s):  
Norman E. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Latin American ◽  
American Christianity ◽  
Dynamic Movement

Although Liberation Theology is often accused of being disinterested in evangelism, here Professor Thomas posits that the dynamic movement in Latin American Christianity is towards an integral concept of liberation and evangelization and then goes on to describe how evangelism and justice are related.

scholarly journals Visibility: The challenge of the Latin American Potato Journal

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-86
Author(s):  
Elisa Salas ◽  
Julio Gabriel ◽  
Marcelo Huarte
Keyword(s):  
American Potato Journal ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Plant Breeding ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Potato Crop ◽  
Potato Association ◽  
Current Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
A Current ◽  
State Of Art

In this work, the “state of art” of the Latin American Potato Journal is analyzed, as a means of scientific and technical diffusion of the potato crop, which is published by the Latin American Potato Association (LAPA). The objectives of the document are: i) to make a current analysis of the Journal and its challenges in the world of information and ii) to share the strategy developed for achieving visibility. The journal has a biannual frequency (June and December). Original and unpublished articles are accepted in biotechnologies, genomics, physiology, nutrition and fertilization of crops, genetics and plant breeding,entomology, phytopathology, integrated phytoprotection, agroecology, malherbology, geomatics, soils, water and irrigation, postharvest and agro-industrialization, rural development and agro-business, agricultural economy and marketing of agriculturalproducts. Since 1988, the LAPA Journal has published 25 issues. Twelve invited articles, 170 scientific articles, 25 short communications and 8 reviews, totaling 215 publications. From this total, 29% are from Bolivia, 23% from Peru, 13% from Argentina, 8% from Colombia, 8% from Ecuador, 4% from Venezuela, 3% from Mexico and 4% from Brazil. Countries such as Spain, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, Chile, USA and Denmark have contributed 1% each country. The main publication topics were in phytopathology, entomology, plant breeding, agronomy and physiology, agro-industry, genetics resources, participatory methodologies and economics, seed production, biotechnology and microbiology.

scholarly journals La Pedagogía Liberadora de Paulo Freire: contemporaneidad de un pensamiento latinoamericano

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1 Marzo-Ju) ◽  
pp. 33-52
Author(s):  
Janine Moreira ◽  
Carlos Renato Carola
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Paulo Freire ◽  
Educational Thought ◽  
The World ◽  
Enrique Dussel ◽  
The Many ◽  
Siglo Xx ◽  
Wide Dissemination ◽  
Theoretical Reflection

La pedagogía liberadora de Paulo Freire, a despecho de su amplia divulgación, ni siempre es debidamente comprendida en sus conceptos fundamentales. Para comprender esta teoría en su potencial revolucionario es necesario ubicarla en su local y en su tiempo de nacimiento, un país latinoamericano en los años 50 y 60 del  siglo XX, Brasil. Un país como tantos otros ubicados en el “sur del mundo”, víctimas (y sujetos) del proceso colonizador, el cual es el contrapunto del proceso modernizador, como afirma el filósofo argentino Enrique Dussel. El artículo consiste en una reflexión teórica que objetiva situar el pensamiento educativo freireano en el contexto de la necesaria liberación, así como reflexionar sobre su contemporaneidad tras 50 años de su formulación, una vez que nos deparamos con los oprimidos del siglo XXI, razón por la cual aún esta teoría se hace actual. The liberating pedagogy of Paulo Freire, despite its wide dissemination, has not always been fully comprehended. To understand this theory in its revolutionary capacity, it is urgent to situate it where and when it was born, in a Latin American country, Brazil, during the 1950s and 1960s. As claimed by the Argentinian philosopher Enrique Dussel, Brazil, like many other countries situated in the “south of the world”, has been victim (and subject) of colonization processes which situate themselves on the antipodes of modernity. This article consists of a theoretical reflection that aims to situate the educational thought of Paulo Freire as a quest for liberation, while also seeking to reflect about its contemporary pertinence after 50 years of its first formulation, a pertinence based on the many forms of  oppression still operating in the 21st century.

scholarly journals THE DECLINE OF THE WELLFARE STATE IN MODERN SOCIETY

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-180
Author(s):  
Kire Sharlamanov
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many ◽  
Second World ◽  
The Welfare State

The welfare state is a relatively new social phenomenon. Its rudimentary forms appear at the beginning of the 20th century, and it was especially developed immediately after the Second World War. It was created in order to reduce acute social conflicts in societies around the world and to give citizens the minimum conditions for subsistence. From its founding, to this day, the welfare state is at the center of the attention of the professional and general public. This article attempts to define and categorize a state of well-being, but also to consider modern trends that reflect it. Particular attention will be paid to reducing the welfare state and the reasons why it occurs. From the many factors that are often considered in the context of the decline of the welfare state, here we will primarily analyze the demographic, economic and political factors.

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