Liberation Theology
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Liberation theology is a movement within various religious traditions that emphasizes the importance of social justice and the rights of the poor and oppressed. It teaches that faith should actively address and transform social inequality.
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Dorothee Soëlle was my introduction to liberation theology only four years ago now. I started with Choosing Life and followed with Thinking about God, then Gutierrez and Cone.
My book would be this one. It asks what is God's mandate towards sharing with the poor.
My book would be this one. It asks what is God's mandate towards sharing with the poor.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Dorothee Soëlle was my introduction to liberation theology only four years ago now. I started with Choosing Life and followed with Thinking about God, then Gutierrez and Cone.
My book would be this one. It asks what is God's mandate towards sharing with the poor.
My book would be this one. It asks what is God's mandate towards sharing with the poor.
When "places of worship" bless and incite ethnic, religious, and sexual violence in their communities, or globally, protest inside or outside is absolutely justified.
This is truest of all for the evangelical megachurches that incite violence against ethnic, Jewish, Muslim, and LGBTQ communities.
This is truest of all for the evangelical megachurches that incite violence against ethnic, Jewish, Muslim, and LGBTQ communities.
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
When "places of worship" bless and incite ethnic, religious, and sexual violence in their communities, or globally, protest inside or outside is absolutely justified.
This is truest of all for the evangelical megachurches that incite violence against ethnic, Jewish, Muslim, and LGBTQ communities.
This is truest of all for the evangelical megachurches that incite violence against ethnic, Jewish, Muslim, and LGBTQ communities.
Correct. Faith is never a legitimate shield for unjust activity that harms or lies about others.
Faith can be helpful in blessing responses to unjust laws and prejudices that do such harm. Or faith can be exploited to bless oneself, one's supremacy, one's legalisms, and one's lies.
Faith can be helpful in blessing responses to unjust laws and prejudices that do such harm. Or faith can be exploited to bless oneself, one's supremacy, one's legalisms, and one's lies.
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Correct. Faith is never a legitimate shield for unjust activity that harms or lies about others.
Faith can be helpful in blessing responses to unjust laws and prejudices that do such harm. Or faith can be exploited to bless oneself, one's supremacy, one's legalisms, and one's lies.
Faith can be helpful in blessing responses to unjust laws and prejudices that do such harm. Or faith can be exploited to bless oneself, one's supremacy, one's legalisms, and one's lies.
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For disclosure, I come from a position of agnosticism, but with a strong childhood background in Christian fundamentalism. I hold an undergraduate degree in anthropology.
I maintain that religion remains one of the most important topics of modern cultural study regardless of personal belief.
I maintain that religion remains one of the most important topics of modern cultural study regardless of personal belief.
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
For disclosure, I come from a position of agnosticism, but with a strong childhood background in Christian fundamentalism. I hold an undergraduate degree in anthropology.
I maintain that religion remains one of the most important topics of modern cultural study regardless of personal belief.
I maintain that religion remains one of the most important topics of modern cultural study regardless of personal belief.
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As I stated in the original poster's thread, the book that stayed with me over the last few years is Dorothee Soelle's "Suffering" (1973). She was a German liberation theologian. I think that the text has many problems, but there are some fundamental themes within it that resonated with me.
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
As I stated in the original poster's thread, the book that stayed with me over the last few years is Dorothee Soelle's "Suffering" (1973). She was a German liberation theologian. I think that the text has many problems, but there are some fundamental themes within it that resonated with me.
In Europe, socialism IS democracy. Socialism gives the power back to the people, not unelected oligarchs and dictators.
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
In Europe, socialism IS democracy. Socialism gives the power back to the people, not unelected oligarchs and dictators.
You support giving government undemocratic and absolute power every time you attack voting rights, repeal democratically chosen worker benefits, and support government attacks upon free media and opposition parties.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
You support giving government undemocratic and absolute power every time you attack voting rights, repeal democratically chosen worker benefits, and support government attacks upon free media and opposition parties.