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Pages in category "Liberation theologians" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Antoine Adrien;
Gustavo Gutiérrez-Merino Díaz OP (8 June 1928 – 22 October 2024) was a Peruvian philosopher, Catholic theologian, and Dominican priest who was one of the founders of liberation theology in Latin America. [1] [2] His 1971 book A Theology of Liberation is considered pivotal to the formation of liberation theology.
Liberation theologies were first being discussed in the Latin American context, especially within Catholicism in the 1960s after the Second Vatican Council.There, it became the political praxis of theologians such as Frei Betto, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Leonardo Boff, and Jesuits Juan Luis Segundo and Jon Sobrino, who popularized the phrase "preferential option for the poor".
New religious ideas, in the form of liberation theology, have fortified and legitimized an evolving political culture of resistance. [57] Meanwhile, the Church-supported Base Ecclesial Communities (CEBs) have promoted stronger social connections among community members that has led to more effective activism in Gurupá.
González was born in Havana, Cuba, on August 9, 1937. [2] He received Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees from the Instituto de Marianao in 1954. [2] Following three years of studies at the University of Havana, he attended the Evangelical Seminary of Theology [] in Matanzas, Cuba, from which he received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1957. [2]
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr [a] (June 21, 1892 – June 1, 1971) was an American Reformed theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary for more than 30 years.
Hugo Assmann (1933–2008) was a Brazilian Catholic theologian who helped develop the ideas surrounding liberation theology following the Second Vatican Council.He was a firebrand critic of the conservative values held by the Catholic orthodoxy, and believed firmly that the role of the Church should be to alleviate the suffering of the global poor.
Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020) was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician.He was a liberation theologian and the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived for more than ten years (1965–1977).