Liberating the Future: God, Mammon, and TheologyJoerg Rieger In this volume illustrious liberation theologians succinctly map the liberation terrain for the new century. Writing from a variety of standpoints - the African American community, feminist struggles, and social locations in Europe, North America, and Latin America - these leading thinkers reflect on the vastly changed context of and challenges to liberation. Their reflections directly address the new situation, especially the emergence of a global market economy, shifting structures of oppression, and the advent of multiculturalism and postmodernism. |
Contents
2233 | 21 |
Liberation Theology and the Global Economy | 27 |
Economism and Liberation Theology | 33 |
Refuting Other Economistic Claims | 39 |
Political Theology and Theology of Liberation | 60 |
Where Do We Stand? | 69 |
The Theology of Our Liberation | 77 |
Liberation Theology and the Future of the Poor | 96 |
Developing a Common Interest Theology | 124 |
New Birth of Conscience | 147 |
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