Liberation Theology Today: Tasks of Criticism in Interpellation to the Present World
Latin American liberation theology appears to be an obsolete phenomenon that is unable to speak about the realities of today’s world. Since the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published two instructions on liberation theology, the Vatican has been considered to have condemned it. Likewise...
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| description | Latin American liberation theology appears to be an obsolete phenomenon that is unable to speak about the realities of today’s world. Since the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published two instructions on liberation theology, the Vatican has been considered to have condemned it. Likewise, the Vatican of John Paul II and Benedict XVI focused on the reprobation of several liberation theologians attempting to silence their voices. However, liberation theology aimed at the realisation of justice in a world in which the injustice that gave birth to this phenomenon still prevails in new ways. This article establishes a relationship between liberation theology and critical thinking to offer an alternative to the future of liberation theology. We insist that, despite the end of the era in which both were born, they continue to challenge the present world. Using Adornian optics, we establish how critical thought constitutes a prophetic denunciation. Thus, liberation theology will be understood within this critical tradition and how it critiques the current reality, in which the logic of late capitalism prevails. Afterwards, the contemporary world will be studied from this point of view to try to discover the pending tasks of criticism. It is the question of discovering the tasks of critiques to challenge the present. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a26b3e5508854d0b973374b5148879f82023-11-17T21:09:57ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442023-04-0114455710.3390/rel14040557Liberation Theology Today: Tasks of Criticism in Interpellation to the Present WorldJavier Recio Huetos0Universitary Institute for Religious Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, SpainLatin American liberation theology appears to be an obsolete phenomenon that is unable to speak about the realities of today’s world. Since the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published two instructions on liberation theology, the Vatican has been considered to have condemned it. Likewise, the Vatican of John Paul II and Benedict XVI focused on the reprobation of several liberation theologians attempting to silence their voices. However, liberation theology aimed at the realisation of justice in a world in which the injustice that gave birth to this phenomenon still prevails in new ways. This article establishes a relationship between liberation theology and critical thinking to offer an alternative to the future of liberation theology. We insist that, despite the end of the era in which both were born, they continue to challenge the present world. Using Adornian optics, we establish how critical thought constitutes a prophetic denunciation. Thus, liberation theology will be understood within this critical tradition and how it critiques the current reality, in which the logic of late capitalism prevails. Afterwards, the contemporary world will be studied from this point of view to try to discover the pending tasks of criticism. It is the question of discovering the tasks of critiques to challenge the present.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/4/557liberation theologypost-MarxismAdornoneoliberalismLatin AmericaCatholicism |
| spellingShingle | Javier Recio Huetos Liberation Theology Today: Tasks of Criticism in Interpellation to the Present World Religions liberation theology post-Marxism Adorno neoliberalism Latin America Catholicism |
| title | Liberation Theology Today: Tasks of Criticism in Interpellation to the Present World |
| title_full | Liberation Theology Today: Tasks of Criticism in Interpellation to the Present World |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Liberation Theology Today: Tasks of Criticism in Interpellation to the Present World |
| title_short | Liberation Theology Today: Tasks of Criticism in Interpellation to the Present World |
| title_sort | liberation theology today tasks of criticism in interpellation to the present world |
| topic | liberation theology post-Marxism Adorno neoliberalism Latin America Catholicism |
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