w/ - with.
JC – Jesus Christ.
GUTIERREZ LIBERATION THEOLOGY (ORTHOPRAXY)
Conscientisation – liberation via recognising societal power structures to positively change society.
Basic Christian Communities – discuss experiences and struggles oppressed face to solve issues.
Must be political, intellectual and practical for change like JC.
Find truth of teachings in experiences of oppressed.
Church must be voice against alienation and exploitation.
Christianity saves as part of daily struggle needed for change.
Kingdom of God:
o Stewards of Earth w/ socio-economic liberation.
o Reflects God’s omnibenevolence and JC’s work and teachings.
o Caused oppression so must solve it for reconciliation w/ God.
o Unsure to prioritise heavenly/earthly liberation.
MATTHEW ‘blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.’
SEGUNDO ‘liberation is first and foremost liberation from the radical slavery of sin.’
Preferential Option for the Poor
Stewards of Earth w/ socio-economic liberation to help, guide and change.
Understand teachings and morals as liberated from sin.
Imago dei for equal treatment of poor and spiritually poor.
Not dealt w/ same so must help, guide and change.
POPE JOHN PAUL II:
o Act for moral, cultural and economic growth.
o Spiritual poverty from material goods.
SEGUNDO ‘Church intends to struggle by her own means, for the defence and advancements of
mankind, especially the poor.’
POPE FRANCIS Latin American background and refused to wear papal jewellery or use papal luxury
wishing to use the bus but was denied for protection.
MARX:
o The more power one has the more one feels powerless.
o Must change things, work and socialise to survive and develop.
MARX ‘expresses the sum of connections and relationships in which individuals find themselves.’
MARX CAPITALISM
Factory System – only relate to the part of the process one is working on so dehumanised.
Economic and political system where trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
Divides those in control of the surplus and those not and people and production.
Working part of machine and living death for survival via money.
GUTIERREZ LIBERATION THEOLOGY:
o Different groups struggle for fairer society and oppressed violently resist structures alienating them.
o Structural sin of alienation w/ happiness from sacrifice/exploitation of others as dehumanised.
JC – Jesus Christ.
GUTIERREZ LIBERATION THEOLOGY (ORTHOPRAXY)
Conscientisation – liberation via recognising societal power structures to positively change society.
Basic Christian Communities – discuss experiences and struggles oppressed face to solve issues.
Must be political, intellectual and practical for change like JC.
Find truth of teachings in experiences of oppressed.
Church must be voice against alienation and exploitation.
Christianity saves as part of daily struggle needed for change.
Kingdom of God:
o Stewards of Earth w/ socio-economic liberation.
o Reflects God’s omnibenevolence and JC’s work and teachings.
o Caused oppression so must solve it for reconciliation w/ God.
o Unsure to prioritise heavenly/earthly liberation.
MATTHEW ‘blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.’
SEGUNDO ‘liberation is first and foremost liberation from the radical slavery of sin.’
Preferential Option for the Poor
Stewards of Earth w/ socio-economic liberation to help, guide and change.
Understand teachings and morals as liberated from sin.
Imago dei for equal treatment of poor and spiritually poor.
Not dealt w/ same so must help, guide and change.
POPE JOHN PAUL II:
o Act for moral, cultural and economic growth.
o Spiritual poverty from material goods.
SEGUNDO ‘Church intends to struggle by her own means, for the defence and advancements of
mankind, especially the poor.’
POPE FRANCIS Latin American background and refused to wear papal jewellery or use papal luxury
wishing to use the bus but was denied for protection.
MARX:
o The more power one has the more one feels powerless.
o Must change things, work and socialise to survive and develop.
MARX ‘expresses the sum of connections and relationships in which individuals find themselves.’
MARX CAPITALISM
Factory System – only relate to the part of the process one is working on so dehumanised.
Economic and political system where trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
Divides those in control of the surplus and those not and people and production.
Working part of machine and living death for survival via money.
GUTIERREZ LIBERATION THEOLOGY:
o Different groups struggle for fairer society and oppressed violently resist structures alienating them.
o Structural sin of alienation w/ happiness from sacrifice/exploitation of others as dehumanised.
