The alleged subordination of the gospel to Karl Marx is illustrated, for example,
by charging that «false» liberation theology concentrates too much on a few selected biblical texts that are always given a political meaning, leading to an overemphasis on «material» poverty and neglecting other kinds of poverty; that this leads to a «temporal messianism» that
confuses the Kingdom of God with a purely «earthly» new society, so that the gospel is collapsed into nothing but political endeavor; that the emphasis on social sin and structural evil leads to an ignoring or forgetting of the reality of personal sin; that everything is reduced to praxis (the interplay of action and
reflection) as the only criterion of faith, so that the notion of truth is compromised; and that the emphasis on communidades de base sets a so - called «people's church» against the hierarchy.
Further along on his camera - assisted path of
reflection, McElwee finds himself cast in a similar role to that played
by his own father in past installments: a member of an older generation alarmed and
confused by his offspring's apparent lack of direction.
Unfortunately the film loses itself a little towards the end, the final showdown proving to be a little
confusing upon later
reflection, but thankfully this is a minor flaw that will pass most audience members
by.