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Published on: 1989-12
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A major voice in liberation theology and once silenced for a year by the pope for his outspoken views, Leonardo Boff here presents a collection of his controversial essays attacking poverty and political persecution. As a Brazilian, Boff is witness to, and active in, the liberation movement within the Catholic Church in Latin America. He claims that the Church there is redefining itself as a modern, populist movement."It is [in Latin America]," writes Boff, "that the Church of the future is being molded. There are more Catholics in Latin America than on any other continent. Soon more than half of the members of the Church will live here. European countries, with their demographic decline and meager religious creativity - their theology, liturgy, and pastoral ministry consisting almost entirely of syntheses of material drawn from the past - are gradually losing their universal relevance . . . It is in Latin America that the Church's principal new challenges are appearing. What is the relationship between the gospel and the liberation of the oppressed How can Christian love be reconciled with participation in the wild class struggle taking place around us How can Christianity help overcome the relations of international injustice prevailing in the unequal relationships between rich countries and poor ones"Advocating a sympathetic but critical relationship between liberation theology and Marxism, Boff claims that historical materialism is the social - scientific method conducive to liberation theology. He also discusses the political dimension of faith, the Church's role in the struggle for human rights, the nature of the popular Church, the rights of the poor and the oppressed, and the kind of future they may anticipate. Boff's bold reflections on these and other iss Professor loses academic freedom after sharing his views ... 1. On the sharp edge of Christianity. Thomas Jay Oord lives in that sphere of Christianity where there are no easy answers to the deepest questions. How Did God Get Started? Arion - Boston University How Did God Get Started? COLIN WELLS. THE USUAL SUSPECTS. One day in the Middle East about four thousand years ago an elderly but still rather astonishingly spry ... Top 10 Reasons To [Not] Be A Christian There is no scientific evidence whatsoever of any miracles ever actually occurring. The Jesus story just is an accumulation of myths of legendary people all ... A Catholic School Removes Teacher for Defending Faith ... In addition to the clinics fifth and sixth grade students are exposed to sexually explicit messages in the books recommended by Common Core Standards ... The Root of All Evil? - Top Documentary Films The Root of All Evil? is a television documentary written and presented by Richard Dawkins in which he argues that the world would be better off without religion ... Search Results -- Religion-Online.org return to religion-online. 1984: Orwell and Barmen. 1984 is the 50th anniversary of the Confessing Church in Germanys Barmen Declaration issued in May 1934 well ... Jesus Camp - Top Documentary Films The feverish spectacle of a summer camp for evangelical Christian kids is the focus of Jesus Camp a fascinating if sometimes alarming documentary. (Shortly after its ... The Secular City 25 Years Later - religion-online.org I wrote The Secular City after having lived for a year in Berlin where I taught in a church sponsored adult education program with branches on both sides of the ... Religion and the Nigerian State: Situating the de facto ... Religion and the Nigerian State: Situating the de facto and de jure Frontiers of StateReligion Relations and its Implications for National Security Journey with Jesus - Previous Essays and Reviews In his memoir My Bright Abyss; Meditation of a Modern Believer (2013) the poet Christian Wiman of Yale wonders what assenting to his long latent faith might mean ...
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