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| − | '''Liberation theology''' is the belief that [[God]] sides with oppressed people to help them against their oppressors.<ref>[http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2008/04/what_is_liberation_theology.html What is Liberation Theology?], Tony Campolo.</ref> It arose in the 1960s in [[Latin America]] as a vehicle for [[fellow traveller]] priests with leftist political views to attack [[conservative]] governments friendly to the [[United States]]. While ostensibly based on [[scripture]], the ideology tended to be extremely left-leaning and influenced by [[Marxist]] [[materialism]] and was thus not viewed favorably by the [[Vatican]]. | + | '''Liberation theology''' is the belief that [[God]] sides with oppressed people to help them against their oppressors.<ref>[http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2008/04/what_is_liberation_theology.html What is Liberation Theology?], Tony Campolo.</ref> It arose in the 1960s in [[Latin America]] as a vehicle for [[fellow traveller]] priests with leftist political views to attack [[conservative]] governments friendly to the [[United States]]. While ostensibly based on [[scripture]], the ideology tended to be extremely left-leaning and influenced by [[Marxist]] [[materialism]] and was thus not viewed favorably by the [[Vatican]]. Some scholars have argued that this theology grew out of the crisis theology and [[Religious left|neo-orthodoxy]] movement, since the famed theologian Karl Barth had in the 1910's pastored to coal miners and the equally famed theologian [[Reinhold Niebuhr]] had in the 1920's pastored Detroit auto workers. |
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Liberation theology is the belief that God sides with oppressed people to help them against their oppressors.[1] It arose in the 1960s in Latin America as a vehicle for fellow traveller priests with leftist political views to attack conservative governments friendly to the United States. While ostensibly based on scripture, the ideology tended to be extremely left-leaning and influenced by Marxist materialism and was thus not viewed favorably by the Vatican. Some scholars have argued that this theology grew out of the crisis theology and neo-orthodoxy movement, since the famed theologian Karl Barth had in the 1910's pastored to coal miners and the equally famed theologian Reinhold Niebuhr had in the 1920's pastored Detroit auto workers.
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- ↑ What is Liberation Theology?, Tony Campolo.