Theology for a Liberating Church: The New Praxis of Freedom Contributor(s): Hennelly, Alfred (Author) |
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ISBN: 0878404740 ISBN-13: 9780878404742 Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 1989 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Religion | Theology |
Dewey: 230 |
LCCN: 88-24701 |
Age Level: 22-UP |
Grade Level: 17-UP |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.36" W x 9.02" L (0.78 lbs) 220 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
Features: Index, Table of Contents |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Freedom is a fundamental Christian theological category, as much a challenge to construct a new way of seeing oneself and others as it is an announcement of what Christ has already done for us in his death and resurrection. Liberation theology is, most simply, the effort to spell out what such freedom means for Christians in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book has as its principle premise the conviction that if we are to construct a North American liberation theology we must begin listening to and understanding Latin American theology not so much as a model to be slavishly followed but as a challenge to our own cultural, political, and even religious assumptions. The focus thus is not so much on the theoretical meaning of Christian freedom but on its practice, and more exactly its praxis, that is to say the dialectic between theory and practice. After focusing on the creation and development of liberating theological methods and sources and, above all, the revitalization and renewal of structures that will contribute to the development of a liberated and liberating church, Fr. Hennelly ends with an analysis of the most recent and the most important vatican document on liberation theology, The Instruction of Christian Freedom and Liberation, which he sees as an acknowledgement by the universal church that the theme of liberation is central to the meaning of Christian theology. |
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