Date of Award
5-1-1992
Document Type
Research Paper
First Advisor
Joe Price
Second Advisor
Tom Rice
Abstract
After decades, the oppressed people of Latin America are tired of inequality and of lacking a voice. A movement that captures the reaction of the oppressed to their unfulfillment is liberation theology.” The author discusses the historical background of Latin America, specifically the history of the oppressed people in the introduction. Institutionalized violence as well as the the reformers were the sources of political turmoil and social threats during the mid sixteenth century. The author discusses how the Church often sympathized with the poor but did not provide them with solutions and defended the elite. As the Church was ineffective to social issues that kept escalating, the Second Vatican Council was opened due to the Pope indicating it was time the injustices and concerns be addressed. The Medellin Conference included the bishops trying to convince the poor that change needed to happen but urging them not to use violence. “Liberation theology has become well known for its boldly proclaimed objective of breaking cleanly with classical European theology in order to speak on behalf of the disparity poor in Latin America and the rest of the Third World.
Recommended Citation
Ramirez, C. (1992). Latin American Liberation Theology. Retrieved from https://poetcommons.whittier.edu/scholars/171