This week we talk about Liberation Theology in Latin America and how it was crushed by the Vatican.
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Catholic Church as a tool of the Spanish EmpireRevolution, independence, and the status quoEarly 20th Century Catholic Action MovementHolguin of Arequipa and Farfán of CuscoStarted separating the church from stateStarted political advocacy for the poorBase Ecumenical CommunitiesGustavo GutiérrezPartial Qetchua ancestryBecame a priest in 1959Studied in EuropeLatin American Episcopal CounselPushed for progressive reforms in Vatican II (1962 – 1965)1968 Medellin, Colombia meetingGoal was to support BECFirst introduction of Liberation TheologyGustavo Gutierrez published “A Theology of Liberation” in 1971Liberation TheologyFirst level – Poor liberate themselves from economic exploitationSecond Level – Liberation from fatalism and recognition of free willThird level – Communion with God.Revolution is an optionSandinista Nicaragua – 1978 – 1990OppositionJohn Paul IIJoseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVIChurch went more spiritual and argued Liberation Theology was too materialReconciliation Theology argued that by reconciling with God and others class struggle and revolution could be avoided.With the fall of communism and changes to the global economy it couldn’t keep up.By the mid 1990s the movement was dead.ConclusionSources
Brown UniversityBritannicaWikipedia – Latin American Liberation TheologyFeedback
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