Liberation Theology
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- Created on: 26-11-15 18:49
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- Liberation theology
- Catholic church in Latin America
- Factors
- growing rural poverty
- Growth of urban slums
- Humans right abuse following military take overs
- Growing commitment among priets to an ideology that supported the poor
- Set out to change society
- Helping poor to establish support groups
- Fighting oppression
- Developing literacy programs, educating the poor about their situation
- Sociologists
- Casanova - LT played an important part in resisting terror and bringing democracy
- Moduro - Religion can be a revolutionary force that brings about change
- Lowy - Questions Marx view that religion always legitimates social ineqality
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