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Thursday, July 7th, 2011Nicaragua Arguably the most powerful display of the political influence of liberation theology took place in Nicaragua in the 1970s and 1980s. It also represents the zenith of the movement as a force for change in Latin America, which quickly ended and signaled its immediate decline. The direct involvement of Catholic clergy in a socialist [...]
Liberation Theology: What Happened in Latin America? Part VI
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011Argentina The intellectual and theological base had been laid in Rome and Medellin, and the messages were being relayed to the intended audience, but the real test of the theories had yet to be applied in the real world. The founding fathers of the Latin American liberation movement in the Church emphasized the importance of [...]
Liberation Theology: What Happened in Latin America? Part V
Thursday, June 9th, 2011Challenges from Other Sources Liberation theology, which had proven to be one of the most powerful and compelling developments for social and political change in Latin America during the three decades following Vatican II, began to witness great resistance from theological and political forces in the 1990s. More conservative elements of the Catholic Church, who [...]
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