The Praxis of Suffering: An Interpretation of Liberation and Political Theologies

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178 pp. "Liberation and political theologies have emerged powerfully in recent years, interrupting the way in which First World Christians both experience and understand their fait h. Through an analysis of the cultural and ecclesial contexts of those theological movements, as well as a critical examination of four of their principal exponente-- Gustavo Gutierrez, Johann Baptist Metz, Jose Miguez Bonino, and Jurgen Moltmann -- The author demostrates that political and liberation theologies represent a new model of theology, one which proffers a vision of Christian witness as a praxis of solidarity with suffering persons." Show more