Discusses the connection between Vatican II and liberation theology, the mission of the church in Latin America, the rights of the poor, and the life of a Christian in a world of injustice

When Theology Listens to the Poor (English and Portuguese Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

LEONARDO BOFF

Christian Books & Bibles

Harper&Row

Jesus Christ Liberator

SPCK Publishing

Fundamentalism is a significant topic for our times. Islamic extremism has been blamed for the tragic events of September 11th 2001, and for the more recent bombings in London. In Fundamentalism, Terrorism. Leonardo Boff seeks to understand and explain the phenomenon of fundamentalism, and to identify its causes and possible solutions. He concentrates not only on Islamic extremism, but the other forms of fundamentalism found in the 21st Century: Protestant and Roman Catholic fundamentalisms, and neo-liberal and technical-scientific fundamentalisms. His argument has an ethical and political dimension, and also looks at the new threat: the globalization of the enemy . . . Boff challenges the Western political and religious establishment with an honest assessment and insightful analysis of the issues. Marcella Maria Althaus-Reid, Professor of Contextual Theology, University of Edinburgh

Fundamentalism, Terrorism and the Future of Humanity

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Essential Care

Philosophy

Since this book has brought Fr Boff into confrontation with the Roman Catholic authorities it is important to let him describe it himself. 'We are living in privileged times. There is an upsurge of life in the church that is revitalizing the entire body from head to toes. The church has been placed on the road to renewal, which will surely result in a new manifestation of the church as institution. There are powerful and living forces, particularly at the grassroots, that are not sufficiently recognized by the traditional channels of the church's present organization. The grassroots are asking for a new structure, a new ecclesial division of labour and of religious power, for this a new vision of the church is necessary. This vision has not yet been developed systematically in a way that responds to the demands of our global reality, but is necessary given what is happening in Latin America and elsewhere in the world. The present book does not pretend to fill this need. It does, however, take on certain challenges, raise criticisms, make suggestions for a new model of the church, and reflect on them in a radical way. This book will most certainly be understood by them precisely in as much as they have overcome the triumphalist mentality. Others will judge this work as superfluous and even inopportune. This will not trouble me in the least. What readily comes to mind is the thought of St Augustine, echoed by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. And many before us, leading this life, trod tortuous paths which we were obliged to follow, with the weariness and suffering imposed on the sons of Adam.'

Church, Charism and Power: Liberation Theology and the Institutional Church

History

SCM Press

Saint Francis: A Model for Human Liberation

SCM-Canterbury Press Ltd

Introducing Liberation Theology (Liberation and Theology Series)

Hyperion Books

Looking at the whole of the biblical and historical traditions concerning the doctrines of Christ and the Trinity, this book surveys the main biblical and patristic evidence for the Christian confession of one God in three persons. It attempts to do justice to the diversity in unity of the Godhead.

Trinity & Society (English and Portuguese Edition)

Burns & Oates

o First Place Award Winner in Spirituality, Catholic Press Association A fine reinterpretation of atonement theory from a liberationist perspective. The central thesis holds: every understanding of Jesus death must begin with Jesus historical project embodied in his message and praxis of the kingdom of God. --Roger Haight, author Jesus Symbol of GodThis classic work of liberation theology explores the meaning of the Cross, both as it has been interpreted in the past and how it should be interpreted in the context of contemporary faith and circumstances. These particular circumstances include the poverty and repression, fear and violence under which so many of the world s people suffer today. In such a world, how can the Cross be understood and preached and what are the consequences of that understanding? When Boff first wrote in the 1970s his immediate context was military dictatorship, torture, and violent repression. As he notes in his new Preface, that context must be enlarged today to include the passion of the Earth a continuation of the Passion of Christ in our time. The meaning of Christ s Cross remains the same: at once the symbol of a crime, and a sign of love and hope that violence does not have the last word.

Passion of Christ, Passion of the World

World

Orbis Books

Introducing Liberation Theology

Text: English, Portugese (translation)

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