Christian Traditions Notes: April 7th
Liberation Theology
- 1960s-1970s
- emerges in Latin American Catholicism
- Grounded in Gospels and Acts
- emphasizes Jesus’ care for the poor and marginal
- Beatitudes (Luke) - blessed are the poor, meek, etc.
- reversal (first shall come last mentality), raise up the poor
- central idea to liberation theology
** God has a preferential option for the poor ** (God is biased towards the poor)
- Marxist perspective
- poor and those outside the system see the system in a way that those inside the system cannot
- you can see the death star much more complete from below than inside
- privileges the perspective of the oppressed
- Gustavo Gutiérrez
- outlines basic principles of Liberation Theology
- coins phrase of Liberation Theology
- wants to emphasize that sin is mainly about social structures and oppression
- requires all people to create a new relationship to God not based on social structure
- Different types of Liberation Theology
- Latin American
- Base Community interpretation: priests working with people to empower them to read the Bible and interpret scripture on their own
- Black/African American Liberation Theology
- James Cone
- the blackness of God: God’s association with the oppressed
- Feminist Liberation Theology
- LBGTQ Lib. Theology
- Asian Lib. Theology
- Dalit Lib. Theology
- Oscar Romero
- assassinated while preaching
- conservative priest who turns towards activism once he becomes archbishop and sees injustice in the community
- El Salvador
Dalit Situation
- Mark 5/6
- what is the story being told in the biblical text?
- what do you notice in the story?
- what does this piece tells us about Dalits?
- what does this tell us about Christianity in India?
- what does this tell us about Christianity?
- what is Dalit biblical interpretation according to your author?
- how does your author characterize themselves? Dalit culture?
- what does interpreter notice?
- what do they highlight?
- Does your reading of the text align with the author’s reading?
- why or why not?
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