The Reemergence of Liberation Theologies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Thia Cooper

      Pages 1-9

3. Overall State of Liberation Theology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. Resisting Imperial Peace: Theological Reflections

      • Dwight N. Hopkins

      Pages 13-18

   3. Context Is What Hurts: Rethinking Contextual Theology in Light of Empire and Economics

      • Joerg Rieger

      Pages 19-28

   4. Theology, Spirit, and the Imperial Economic System

      • Jung Mo Sung

      Pages 29-32

   5. The Hermeneutics of Bones: Liberation Theology for the Twenty-First Century

      • Mario I. Aguilar

      Pages 33-40

4. United States

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41

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   2. A US Theology of Letting Go

      • Rosemary Radford Ruether

      Pages 43-48

   3. Dialogic Mediations: Reflections on the Hopeful Future of US Liberation Theology

      • Benjamín Valentín

      Pages 49-56

   4. American Indian Liberation: Paddling a Canoe Upstream

      • Tink Tinker

      Pages 57-67

   5. Uninterrogated Coloredness and Its Kin

      • Emilie M. Townes

      Pages 69-74

5. Around the World

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. Rethinking Liberation: Toward a Canadian Latin@ Theology

      • Néstor Medina

      Pages 77-87

   3. Key Issues for Liberation Theology Today: Intercultural Gender Theology, Controversial Dialogues on Gender and Theology between Women and Men, and Human Rights

      • Heike Walz

      Pages 89-99

   4. The Revolution in the Arab World. Liberation: The Promise and the Illusion; A Palestinian Christian Perspective

      • Mitri Raheb

      Pages 101-109

   5. Liberation Theology and Indigenous People

      • Wati Longchar

      Pages 111-121

   6. Embodied Theology: Indigenous Wisdom as Liberation

      • Sylvia Marcos

      Pages 123-133

6. Practice

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135

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   2. What Does Liberation Theology Mean in and for the Twenty-First Century?

      • Jenny Plane Te Paa

      Pages 137-144

This book brings together prominent voices from the global North and South to present brief analyses of liberation theology's future. It includes leaders in the field along with the newest voices. Each of these pieces was presented in the American Academy of Religion in the first five years of the Liberation Theologies Consultation. 

• future
• gender
• hermeneutics
• human rights
• India
• liberation theology
• Marx
• messianism
• performance
• present
• religion
• revolution
• theology
• USA
• women
• religion and society

To paraphrase the often-used words of Mark Twain, rumours of the death of Liberation Theologies have been greatly exaggerated. This excellent book shows the great variety and the prophetic insight of Liberation Theologies and heralds renewed hope for poor, oppressed and marginalised peoples in all corners of the globe. A must read! - Anthony G. Reddie, Editor, Black Theology: An International Journal, Author, SCM Core Text: Black Theology

This timely collection offers fresh theoretical lenses from an impressive array of theological voices. The authors bring new vitality to traditional liberationist themes. Traci West, Professor of Ethics and African American Studies, Drew University, US

This collection is a welcome addition to the resources for teaching and developing the various liberation theologies around the world. It includes a wide variety of practitioners in the field who deal with both historical and contemporary issues. The voices are unique and the perspectives varied. The forward-looking agenda is just what is needed to counter rumors of the untimely demise of a vibrant field. Mary E. Hunt, Co-Founder, Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual, USA

Dwight N. Hopkins, University of Chicago, USA Joerg Rieger, Southen Methodist University, USA Jung Mo Sung, Methodist University of São Paulo, Brazil Mario Ignacio Aguilar, University of St Andrews, UK Ivan Petrella, University of Miami, USA Rosemary Radford Ruether, Claremont Graduate University, USA Benjamin Valentin, Andover-Newton Theological Seminary, USA Tink Tinker, Iliff School of Theology, USA Ada Maria Isasi Diaz, Drew University, USA Emilie Townes, Yale Divinity School, USA Nestor Medina, Regent University, USA Heike Walz, Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel Wati Longchar Sylvia Marcos, Center for Psycho-ethnological Research in Cuernavaca, Mexico Jeremy Kirk, Union Theological Seminary Erica Kierulf, Union Presbyterian Seminary Charlene Sinclair, Poverty Initiative at Union Theological Seminary William A. Walker, III, Claremont Graduate University, USA Malik Sales, Graduate Theological Union

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