David G. Hunter, an internationally renowned scholar in early Christian studies with a particular interest in ethical issues, has been appointed as the Margaret O’Brien Flatley Professor of Catholic ...
The path to that revolutionary text begins in another era of Catholic theology. Father Gutiérrez, as was typical for many talented Latin American seminarians at the time, went to Europe in 1955 ...
The theology of liberation is a school of thought that explored dimensions of liberation from the standpoint of Catholic social teaching. In some of its radical expressions, in particular in Latin ...
Shawn Copeland, an influential voice in practical-political Catholic theology Professor of Theology M ... “Copeland's voice is one that is indefatigable, fighting to show those who say they love God, ...
Though opposed by many within the Church itself, liberation theology still had a lasting effect on Catholic life as well as a profound influence well beyond the confines of Roman Catholicism.
The Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, a Peruvian priest known as the father of liberation theology, a movement that reverberated across Latin America and beyond with its emphasis on fighting poverty and ...