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Pages in category "Liberation theologians" The following 99 pages are in this category, out of 99 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".
Harvey Gallagher Cox Jr. (born May 19, 1929) is an American theologian who served as the Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School, until his retirement in October 2009. Cox's research and teaching focus on theological developments in world Christianity, including liberation theology and the role of Christianity in Latin America.
James Hal Cone (August 5, 1938 – April 28, 2018) was an American Methodist minister and theologian.He is best known for his advocacy of black theology and black liberation theology.
Helmut Richard Niebuhr (/ ˈ n iː b ʊər /; September 3, 1894 – July 5, 1962) was an American theologian and Protestant minister who is considered one of the most important Christian ethicists in 20th-century America. He is best known for his 1951 book Christ and Culture and his posthumously published book The Responsible Self.
Pages in category "American theologians" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 384 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Herzog taught Christian theology at Duke until his sudden death during a faculty meeting on October 9, 1995. In the spring of 1970, he wrote the first North American article by a white theologian on liberation theology, following James Cone's Black Theology and Black Power published in 1969, and in 1972 his Liberation Theology was