Why did the Salvadoran military assassinate Ignacio Ellacuría, SJ, and his companions on Nov. 16, 1989? Ellacuría openly and emphatically emphasized this subversive dimension of the Christian faith. He claimed that Latin America is searching for “revolutionary change rather than reformist change” and that Christianity exhibits a “subversive dynamism,” which, though running the risk of Marxist co-option, can propel revolution against “the demands of capital.” A continued interpretation of Juan Luis Segundo's "Revelation, Faith, Signs of the Times" accompanies our discussion of Ellacuría.

Texts:

Mysterium liberationis
https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html

"A sus órdenes, mi capital"
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X6IFk8uIV-bTiOagivWS1Ig6RDtOGu82/view?usp=sharing

Music:

"Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins
"Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake
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We return to "Mysterium Liberationis" and interpret Juan Luis Segundo SJ's essay "Revelation, Faith, Signs of the Times." Despite the order of the elements in the title, historically speaking, humans face the signs of the times, bet with faith on a way of addressing them, and come to understand this way as revelation (or not) according to its fruits. David shares two personal narratives to illustrate Segundo's points.

Music:

"Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins
"Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake
Obtained via subscription to Audio Network

Guest María Soledad del Villar Tagle and David discuss the church from the intersecting angles of feminism, liberation, Chile, personal experience, and clerical sexual abuse.

Sole's work:

Academia.edu
https://bc.academia.edu/Mar%C3%ADaSoledadDelVillarTagle

Las asistentes sociales de la Vicaría de la Solidaridad
https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Mar%C3%ADa-Soledad-Del-Villar-Tagle/dp/9563571509

Mujeres Iglesia
https://www.facebook.com/MujeresIglesiaChile/

A Calzón Quitao!
https://www.instagram.com/acalzonquitaomm/

Music:

"Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins
"Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake
Obtained via subscription to Audio Network

David and Marcus discuss Sobrino's essay "The Central Position of the Reign of God in Liberation Theology." How do we define the Reign of God? What are its biblical and historical parameters?

Text:

Mysterium liberationis
https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html

Music:

"Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins
"Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake
Obtained via subscription to Audio Network

What is the new human being? What will the new economy and new society look like? David uses the war on terror to illustrate the "old human being" and compares Ignacio Ellacuría's vision of the new human being with Che Guevara's.

Texts:

Mysterium liberationis
https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html

"Socialism and Man in Cuba" by Ernesto "Che" Guevara
https://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/1965/03/man-socialism.htm

Music:

"Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins
"Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake
Obtained via subscription to Audio Network

Ignacio Ellacuría, SJ, contends that, in liberation praxis, prophecy is the method, utopia is the horizon, and the reign of God is the revelation. David interviews Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ, about his new book "The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice."

Text:
Mysterium liberationis
https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html

Saint-Jean's book:
The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Work-Racial-Justice-Meditations/dp/1625248369

Music:
"Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins
"Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake
Obtained via subscription to Audio Network

Juan Luis Segundo, SJ, argues that the word "liberation" captures the essential meaning of the biblical terms for "salvation" and "redemption." Biblical "freedom" is the ability to be artisans of a new humanity.

Text:
Mysterium liberationis
https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html

Books mentioned:
Our Idea of God
https://www.amazon.com/Theology-Artisans-New-Humanity-Idea/dp/161097462X
The Liberation of Theology
https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Juan-L-Segundo/dp/1592440967

America article:
"Once I discovered liberation theology, I couldn't be Catholic without it"
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2021/06/04/liberation-theology-catholic-faith-240599

Music:
"Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins
"Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake
Obtained via subscription to Audio Network

Text:
"Mysterium liberationis"
https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html

Magnificast episode on Margaret Randall: 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nicaragua-and-cuba-w-margaret-randall/id1214644619?i=1000521683859

Music:
"Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins
"Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake
Obtained via subscription to Audio Network

Text:
"Mysterium liberationis"
https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html

Music:
"Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins
"Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake
Obtained via subscription to Audio Network

Text:
"Mysterium liberationis"
https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html

Music:
"Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins
"Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake
Obtained via subscription to Audio Network