Sentences with phrase «social political liberation»

Class struggle is an effort of social groups oppressed by the class structure of the society in order to overcome this division and obtain their social political liberation.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

Those who confuse liberation movements with eternal salvation convert the gospel into an ideological promotion of political and social transformation.

From Brian: Liberation Theology is often criticized as reframing the gospel as a social / political agenda at the expense of the message of forgiveness of sins through Jesus.

’42 Indeed, women from all three continents, Africa, Asia and Latin America, say that «In the person and praxis of Jesus Christ, women of the three continents find the grounds of our liberation from all discrimination: sexual, racial, social, economic, political and religious... Christology is integrally linked with action on behalf of social justice and the defense of each person's right to life and to a more humane life.43 This means that Christology is about apartheid, sexual exploitation, poverty and oppression.

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.

Indeed, a «sociological imagination» is slowly transforming all theologies — sometimes with unsettling and explicit power, as in the use of critical social theories in political and liberation theologies; sometimes with more implicit but no less unsettling effect, as in the increasing use of sociology of knowledge to clarify the actual social settings (or publics) of different theologies.

The three continents of South America, Africa and Asia share liberation theology's public enemy number one: the appalling political, social and economic oppression which has led to extreme human degradation.

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.

Broadly conceived, black theology asks not only about the metaphysical status of process theology, but also, and more importantly, can process theology illuminate social - political ethics in a way that contributes favorably to the liberation struggle?

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.

In these stories, disasters resulting from technological or political threats generate a social order that fails to deliver liberation of the individual.

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 Bible and Liberation: Political and Social Hermeneutics.

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.

Modernity, with its enthronement of «progress through technology» is, however, the concrete economic, social, political, cultural, and ecclesial orders against which liberation theologies direct their intellectual and religious dialectics.

Even in his 1979 speech repudiating the Marxist political - theological matrix of liberation theology, Pope John Paul II reminded the bishops of Latin America that «internal and international peace will be assured only when a social and economic system based on justice takes effect».

Until the rise of liberation theologies, theology was more concerned with having intellectual respectability in the Academy than with forging an alliance with the oppressed or particular political or social attitudes and practices.

By the end of the Assembly, as Kenneth Slack pointed out, «most of the members felt that there was more danger from undue stress on the evangelism of individuals than the other way round, despite widely expressed anxiety, given expression by Stott, that liberation in political, social and economic sense was in danger of replacing salvation from sin at the heart of the redeeming gospel».73 There was no doubt that, despite the narrowing of the range of disagreements, important differences continued, especially with regard to the meaning of salvation and the program of dialogue with people of other faiths.

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.

Although reconciliation with man is not reconciliation with God, nor is social action evangelism, nor is political liberation salvation, nevertheless we affirm that evangelism and socio - political involvement are part of our Christian duty.

Liberation theology is conducted in a hermeneutical circle which can be entered only in an act of solidarity with the oppressed of the world, an act of such immediacy and commitment that it circumvents the danger of ideological bias normally inherent in political choices.2 From this hermeneutically privileged standpoint, liberation theology proceeds to a social scientific analysis of the situation, which is intended to uncover the structures of oppression and the extensive ideological biases both of the oppressors and of their attendant tLiberation theology is conducted in a hermeneutical circle which can be entered only in an act of solidarity with the oppressed of the world, an act of such immediacy and commitment that it circumvents the danger of ideological bias normally inherent in political choices.2 From this hermeneutically privileged standpoint, liberation theology proceeds to a social scientific analysis of the situation, which is intended to uncover the structures of oppression and the extensive ideological biases both of the oppressors and of their attendant tliberation theology proceeds to a social scientific analysis of the situation, which is intended to uncover the structures of oppression and the extensive ideological biases both of the oppressors and of their attendant theologies.

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.

Their liberation was the struggle against political, social, economical injustice.

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.

On production and consumption in relation to texts, see Kuno Fussel, «The Materialist Reading of the Bible,» in The Bible and Liberation: Political and Social Hermeneutics, ed.

The resources of religion and culture can not be separated from the minorities» social, economic, and political activity of resistance - liberation.

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

The radical paradigm that informs the new racism is a melodrama of social domination and political liberation: domination by an oppressing class, liberation through civil conflict.

As this occurred in the 1960's and 70's, the World Council's ministry focused almost entirely on social, economic, and political «liberation.»

Dr. Smith looks at process thought and black liberation from a pastoral psychology perspective and black people's experience of oppression: The struggle against oppression in black people's experience is a constant struggle against external forces as manifested in economic, social, and political exploitation.

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.

While the academic literature is plentiful on Black agrarianism as a form of social, economic, political liberation, a pedagogical lens is underemphasized.

Emancipation - the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.

They engage a dialogue of sexual self - empowerment that pushes social and political boundaries with artworks that exemplify a new wave of women's sexual liberation in art.

The artists of Secret Garden push social and political boundaries with artworks that boldly challenge the status quo and exemplify a new wave of women's sexual liberation.

Using her body to examine the role of female sensuality in connection to the possibilities of political and personal liberation from predominantly oppressive social and aesthetic conventions, Carolee Schneemann is regarded in art history as a pioneer of performance art.

The social, political, and economic lives of the emerging nation - states gave rise to nationalist liberation movements along with evolving awareness of geography and identity.

The artists of SECRET GARDEN push social and political boundaries with artworks that boldly challenge the status quo and exemplify a new wave of women's sexual liberation in art.

Tracing the trajectory of Zimbabwe's social and political changes, the exhibition references different ideological influences that informed the Liberation Movement, from the seeds of Pan-Africanism, the American Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, Nationalism, and Communism.

But with the advent of the Women's Liberation movement on the West Coast, feminist art boldly emerged in the wake of the second wave of feminism, addressing the social, political, and cultural concerns of womanhood.

A quotation from General Vo Nguyen Giap of the Vietnamese National Liberation Front describing the double - bind of combat strategy, the glowing letters provide a visual tension to the cracking clay exterior, while highlighting the artist's fascination with social mores — in this case, military and political custom.

Anachronism and Liberation presents nine artists, ranging from emerging to established, creating work that engages with social and / or political issues in subtle and surprising ways.