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On a scale of 1 to 10, Jones predicts that process theology will tally 6 points of compatibility with liberation theology's gospel and mission of economic, social, and political liberation for the wretched of the earth.

Not exact matches

The People's Liberation Army Daily on Wednesday published its list of attendees for the upcoming 19th party congress in Beijing on October 18, with two notable exclusions: Fang Fenghui, who was recently replaced as the chief at the Joint Staff Department in China's military and is currently under investigation for corruption, and General Zhang Yang, the director of the political work department, who also sits on the military commission.

There, Christians must involve themselves in the struggle for liberation in the economic and political arena and ally themselves with others in that struggle.

There is little doubt that the concern for cultures and religions expresses the middle class social location of most process theologians, whereas the focus on political and economic issues and the concomitant demand for justice express the identification with the poor that is the glory of liberation theology.

A third reason for selecting political theology rather than liberation theology for discussion in this book is that other process theologians have begun the dialogue with liberation theology, and I am confident that this will continue.

A second reason for engaging political theology instead of liberation theology can also be briefly explained.

No to Privatization «red in tooth and claw»; yes to Public Sector without political corruption; no to Liberalization, with market exploitation; yes to Liberation from exploitative coercion; no to globalization as domination of world market with deprivation of the developmental directive of «Small is Beautiful»; yes to Universalism in sharing and caring for the suffering humanity and Good Samaritan ethic - these should be evolved and situated in Third World conditions and perspectives.

Therefore, their partisanship for the National Liberation Front was prompted by political views, by doctrinal or intellectual considerations, or — in most cases — simply by propaganda.

(I am indebted for this story to Dorothee Sölle, who included it in her lecture, «The Role of Political Theology in Relation to the Liberation of Men,» one of the plenary addresses at the conference on Religion and the Humanizing of Man, Sept. 1 - 5, 1972, Los Angeles.)

Union and NCBC became the theological and political contexts for reflecting upon the relation between Christian theology and the black liberation struggle.

For instance, in its first years, liberation theology was conceived as (second - order) reflection and discourse based on a (first - order) praxis of liberation from oppression, especially from social, economic and political injustice.

Therefore, the entreaty of Latin America is for liberation from cultural domination, economic exploitation, military regression, social marginalization and political imperialism; it is an appeal for fairness in international trade and the establishment of a social order that promotes human dignity, respects democratic institutions and guarantees an equitable distribution of wealth.

Thus the really serious theological / political task comes into focus: to hold together in word and act, in talking and walking, what is one in the event of Easter: that the liberation of God, for us, has taken place in him.

The churches have failed to see that the challenge of world hunger (and the whole complex of related peace, liberation and development issues) constitutes a theological crisis for the church as well as a political, social and economic crisis for the world.

Two such schools of thought have been North American process theology based on the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead and liberation theology which originated in the struggles of Third World peoples for economic, political,...

For a few, this political theology may take the form of a liberation theology.

For example, the two concluding chapters of The Crucified God deal respectively with «Ways towards the psychological liberation of man» and «Ways towards the political liberation of man».43 Although Moltmann is very sensitive to the socio - historical context of psychiatry, it does not seem that he wants to subsume the psychological entirely under the heading of the political.

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.

The political manipulation of Christianity was the design behind the declaration of the National Party's first prime minister, D. F. Malan, that the church's «special calling» was to «guard the [Afrikaner] national interest,» and it is the design behind the recent call of South African Communist Party leader Joe Slovo for «every good believer to become a witness for liberation.»

Two such schools of thought have been North American process theology based on the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead and liberation theology which originated in the struggles of Third World peoples for economic, political, and social independence but now has broadened to include the aspiration of minority groups (e.g., women and blacks) even within affluent First World countries.

For a summary of viewpoints and this consensus, see Robin Scroggs, «The Sociological Interpretation of the New Testament: The Present State of Research,» in The Bible and Liberation: Political and Social Hermeneutics, ed.

The struggles for economic justice, political freedom and cultural renewal are elements in the total liberation of the world through the mission of Christ.

«Reality», for Panikkar, is the wholeness of Being that is constituted through God, Man and World, not the empirical reality which is of merely provisional character — as is maya in advaita - vedanta.60 Probably under pressure from the impact of Liberation Theology in the USA where Panikkar was teaching at the time, he had to face the issue of the political dimension of his theology and has reacted to it repeatedly in prefaces to his publications.

For example, deliverance in the charismatic sense of deliverance from demons can easily be linked to political or social liberation, and the two words are of course close cognates in some languages.

The pamphlet that threatened the pope mentioned the Mapuche cause and called for the liberation of «all political prisoners in the world».

Second, one might view this as a post-socialist era for theoretical reasons: Given the historical record of socialism in this century, one can say with some assurance that all the claims made for it have been decisively falsified» be it in terms of economic performance, of political liberation, of social equality, or of the quality of life.

But in our context today where millions of people are in hunger and live in sub-human conditions on account of the unjust socioeconomic and political structures of our country, faith in Jesus Christ would mean to identify ourselves with the struggles of the poor and the oppressed for justice and liberation.

Whether among the secularized masses of industrial societies, the emerging new ideologies around which societies are organized, the resurging religions which people embrace, the movements of workers and political refugees, the people's search for liberation and justice, the uncertain pilgrimage of the younger generation into a future both full of promise and overshadowed by nuclear confrontation - the Church is called to be present and to articulate the meaning of God's love in Jesus Christ for every person and for every situation.

The sexual liberation of women can also be correlated with their struggle for political freedom and social equality.

For the Nation of Islam — as for the liberation theologians — the political is religioFor the Nation of Islam — as for the liberation theologians — the political is religiofor the liberation theologians — the political is religious.

However, those sources, so important to the many who were longing for a national, political liberation, were not adequate.

Castro for his part clearly recognized the political gain in an alliance between liberation theology and Marxist revolution: «From a strictly political point of view» and I think I know something about politics» I believe that it is possible for Christians to be Marxists as well, and to work with Marxist Communists to transform the world.»

If the liberationist «analysis» of poverty and oppression in Latin America can no longer be credited, what political hope for the future has been bequeathed to the poor by liberation theology?

Political theology and creative political will thus remain a chance and opportunity to work with God for our fellows» liberation and freedom until victory of love and justice for all is finPolitical theology and creative political will thus remain a chance and opportunity to work with God for our fellows» liberation and freedom until victory of love and justice for all is finpolitical will thus remain a chance and opportunity to work with God for our fellows» liberation and freedom until victory of love and justice for all is finally won.

Christians, struggling for liberation and against poverty, develop the political dimension of Christian faith.

But the deeper thesis of the book is the need for process theology for its own sake and for the sake of the gospel to become a political theology, a need unlikely to have been realized without the stimulus and challenge of the theologies of liberation and of political theology.

But the deeper thesis of the book is the need for process theology for its own sake and for the sake of the gospel to become a political theology, a need unlikely to have been realised without the stimulus and challenge of the theologies of liberation and of political theology.

In the light of this call for commitment, the reticence of the German political theologians, who share so much with liberation theologians, is striking.

, If and to the degree that the democratic movement means the abolition of privilege and the establishment of political human rights, democracy is the symbol for the liberation of men from the vicious circle of force.

See, for example, the articles by Robin Scroggs, John P. Brown, George V. Pixley, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Luise Schottroff, John G. Gager, and Robert H. Smith, «Sociological Readings of the New Testament,» in The Bible and Liberation: Political and Social Hermeneutics, ed.

For noteworthy contributions to liberative preaching, see Justo L. Gonzalez and Catherine Gunsalus Gonzalez, Liberation Preaching: The Pulpit and the Oppressed (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1980); Allan Boesak, The Finger of God: Sermons on Faith and Socio - Political Responsibility (Maryknoll, N.J.: Orbis Books, 1982), especially the introduction, 1 - 17; and Dieter «F. Hessel, «Liberating Bible Study and Preaching,» in Social Ministry (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1982), 93 - 108.

One often gets the impression that formulating this experience as a Christian liberation theology is more for political or institutional reasons than out of any deep commitment to Christ.

In our context today where millions of people are in hunger and live in sub-human conditions on account of the unjust socioeconomic and political strictures of our country (India), Polycarp's faith in Jesus Christ challenges us to identify ourselves with the struggles of the poor and the oppressed for justice and liberation.

Some political liberals, appalled at the liberation of monied interests to spend immense amounts on elections, support a convention for the purpose of overruling the Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United that declared unconstitutional most imitations on campaign finance.

In 2016 and 2017, the opposition was able to mobilise millions of citizens demanding free and fair elections, the liberation of political prisoners and the opening of a humanitarian channel for Venezuela.

While the opposition's request was simple, inter alia, guaranteed free and fair elections and the liberation of all political prisoners, the government was asking for amnesty and impunity for all the crimes it had committed during the past two decades.

On Harare's streets, few seemed to care about the legal niceties as they heralded a «second liberation» for the former British colony and spoke of their dreams for political and economic change after two decades of deepening repression and hardship.

The royal father commended the Late Obafemi Awolowo for his genuine foresight and undaunting selfless efforts which according to him brought Nigeria and Africa to the frontline of socio - political and economic liberation in the world.

WoLF has four task forces which focus on different areas of political action for women's liberation: WOMEN»S REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY, fighting to regain our bodily sovereignty.

The only reason for setting the movie in 1969 is as a reaction against the personal and political liberation of the time.