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Liberation theology has, since its beginnings over forty years ago, placed the poor at the heart of theology and revealed the ideologies underlying both society and church. Meanwhile, over this period, the progressive church appears to have stagnated and the poor of Latin America have turned increasingly to neo-Pentecostalism. 'The Poor in Liberation Theology' questions whether the effect of liberation theology is to provide a pathway to God or really to construct idols out of the poor. Combining the conceptual language of the philosophers Jean-Luc Marion and Emmanuel Levinas with the methodology of the liberation theologian Clodovis Boff, the volume outlines how liberation theology can work to ensure the poor do not become an ideological construct but remain icons of God. Drawing on a wealth of material from Latin American and Europe, the book demonstrates the continuing validity and importance of liberation theology and its further potential when engaged with contemporary philosophy.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Religion: general

• Full title: Poor in Liberation Theology
• Author: Tim Noble
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 256
• EAN: 9781845539894
• ISBN: 1845539893
• ID: 01224013
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 436 g
• Dimensions: 219 × 144 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 2013

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