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Alternative Pluralisms
american
approach
Author_Ivan Petrella
Black Liberation Theology
Black Theology
Canonical Position
capitalism
capitalism critique
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Category=QRVG
Civil Society
Civitas Terrena
CME
critical legal theory
democratic transformation
Denser
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Frozen Politics
God's Reign
God’s Reign
Hermeneutical Mediation
historical
historical projects
IMF
Institutional Fetishism
Institutional Imagination
latin
Latin American Liberation Theology
Latina Theology
Leonardo Boff
Liberation Theologians
Liberation Theology
Liberation Theology's Approach
Liberation Theology's Understanding
Liberation Theology’s Approach
Liberation Theology’s Understanding
political economy analysis
Practical Mediation
projects
social justice movements
society
Sociopolitical Analysis
theologians
theology and political economy integration
theologys
understanding
Vice Versa
Product details
- ISBN 9780754640516
- Weight: 430g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 May 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Future of Liberation Theology envisions a radical new direction for Latin American liberation theology. One of a new generation of Latin American theologians, Ivan Petrella shows that despite the current dominance of 'end of history' ideology, liberation theologians need not abandon their belief that the theological rereading of Christianity must be linked to the development of 'historical projects' - models of political and economic organization that would replace an unjust status quo. In the absence of historical projects, liberation theology currently finds itself unable to move beyond merely talking about liberation toward actually enacting it in society. Providing a bold new interpretation of the current state and potential future of liberation theology, Ivan Petrella brings together original research on the movement, with developments in political theory, critical legal theory and political economy to reconstruct liberation theology's understanding of theology, democracy and capitalism. The result is the recovery of historical projects, thus allowing liberation theologians to once again place the reality of liberation, and not just the promise, at the forefront of their task.
Ivan Petrella is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Miami, USA.
