Marthe Hesselmans

An Analysis of Gustavo Gutierrez's A Theology of Liberation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Gutià rrezâ s 1971 book provides an inspiring argument as to how Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should support the poor. The Catholic Church had traditionally seen itself as politically neutral but in the 1960s and 70s reformers, such as Gutià rrez, urged it to seriously address real-world issues such as poverty and oppression.

Produktdetails

• The Macat Library
• Verlag: Macat International Limited
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 130mm x 197mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 112g
• ISBN-13: 9781912127399
• ISBN-10: 1912127393
• Artikelnr.: 48847979

Autorenporträt

"Marthe Hesselmans is a doctoral researcher in Religious Studies at Boston University. Her research looks at the role of religion in shaping national identities during times of social change. " Dr Jonathan Teubner holds a PhD in intellectual History from the University of Cambridge, focusing on the reception of St Augustine. He is currently Associate Director of the Initiative on Religion, Politics and Conflict at the University of Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Ways In to the Text Who was Gustavo Gutiérrez? What does A Theology of
Liberation Say? Why does A Theology of Liberation Matter? Section 1:
Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2:
Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution
Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7:
Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module
9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and
Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned
in the Text Works Cited