Despite the deceased pope’s particularities when it comes to his identification with Liberation Theology, the once strong intellectual movement in the Latin American Church that developed in the ...

In his criticisms of the church and defiance of traditionalists, Pope Francis continued the legacy of a movement the Vatican itself tried to silence. Pope Francis (C) greets Bolivian native ...

alienation occurs when humans are dehumanised and unable to live fulfilling lives exploitation occurs when humans are treated as objects and used as a means to an end institutions (for example ...

This landmark event brought together scholars, activists, and thought leaders to explore and celebrate the legacy of black theology liberation, while reflecting on ways to express African identity ...

On October 22 2004, the church of America mourned the passing of theologian Gustavo Gutierrez, best known for his influential work “Liberation Theology” published nearly fifty years ago.

LIMA, Peru — The Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian theologian and father of the social justice-centered liberation theology that the Vatican once criticized for its Marxist undercurrents ...

Though opposed by many within the Church itself, liberation theology still had a lasting ... honneur and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as the Príncipe de Asturias ...

Peruvian Theologian the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, Father of Influential Liberation Theology, Has Died LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian theologian the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, the father of the social ...

Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, the Peruvian Dominican priest considered the ”father” of liberation theology, died Oct. 22 at the age of 96. The Dominican Province of St. John the Baptist of Peru ...

A Peruvian priest who founded liberation theology, a movement advocating an active role for the Roman Catholic Church in fighting poverty and injustice but reviled by some as Marxist, has died.