Today we begin a series on liberation theology.

When most folks use the term "liberation theology" they are thinking of a movement that began in Latin America in the late 1960s...a movement to interpret the Gospel of Jesus through the experiences of the poor and oppressed. However, the impulse to re-politicize the Gospel and adopt a posture of solidarity with the oppressed is much older than that. And, today, theologies of liberation develop everywhere communities of faith experience oppression.