Theology of Liberation: SCM Classics series - Softcover

Gutierrez, Gustavo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0334028531 ISBN 13: 9780334028536

Publisher: SCM Press, 2001

Synopsis

The seminal text of the movement which was later characterized as liberation theology. This powerful, compassionate and radical book attracted criticism for mixing politics with religion, but was also welcomed as the option for the poor, placing the exploited and the economically downtrodden at the centre of a programme to redeem God's people from bondage.

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Review:

If ever a book was immediately relevant to our times, this one is. -- Frontier

May well be the most important book of the decade. -- Robert McAfee Brown

Synopsis:

This is the credo and seminal text of the movement which was later characterized as liberation theology. The book burst upon the scene in the early seventies, and was swiftly acknowledged as a pioneering and prophetic approach to theology which famously made an option for the poor, placing the exploited, the alienated, and the economically wretched at the centre of a programme where "the oppressed and maimed and blind and lame" were prioritized at the expense of those who either maintained the status quo or who abused the structures of power for their own ends. This powerful, compassionate and radical book attracted criticism for daring to mix politics and religion in so explicit a manner, but was also welcomed by those who had the capacity to see that its agenda was nothing more nor less than to give "good news to the poor", and redeem God's people from bondage.

About this edition

• Publisher: SCM Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0334028531
• ISBN 13: 9780334028536
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 418