Simultaneously arising out of such diverse contexts as the black
community in the United States, grassroots religious communities in
Latin America, and feminist circles in North Atlantic countries,
theologies of liberation have emerged as a resource and inspiration
for people seeking social and political freedom. Over the last
three decades, liberation theology has irrevocably altered
religious thinking and practice throughout the Americas.
Liberation Theologies, Postmodernity and the Americas provides a
meaningful and spirited debate on vital interpretive issues in
religion, philosophy, and ethics. The renowned group of scholars
explore liberation theologies' uses of discourses of emancipation,
revolution and utopia in contrast with postmodernism's suspicion of
grand narratives, while assessing what the postmodernism/liberation
debate means for strategies of social and political transformation.
Guided by the experiences of those at the margins of social power,
liberation theologies demystifythe eurocentric myths of
secularization and modernity, and calls for a re-appraisal of
religion in contemporary societies.
Contributors: Edmund Arens, David Batstone, Maria Clara Bingemer,
Enrique Dussel, Gustavo Gutierrez, Jurgen Habermas, Franz
Hinkelammert, Dwight Hopkins, Lois Ann Lorentzen, Eduardo Mendieta,
Amos Nascimento, Elsa Tamez, Mark McLain Taylor, and Sharon Welch,
Robert Allen Warrior
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