liberation theology

Presented are eight major essays on the author's developing theological insights.

The time has come, however, argues Juan Luis Segundo, to "theologize" about the theology of liberation itself: to examine its methodology; to weigh critically many of its premises; to test constantly its claim to have the scriptures as its font.

Papers presented at Reuni?on Latinoamericana de Teolog?ia de la Liberaci?on desde la Perspectiva de la Mujer, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 1985.

This book was the subject of a Vatican inquiry. The reason, ironically enough, has little to do with its alleged use of Marxist thought, but rather with its critical understanding of the church in the light of the gospel. This is a provocative, devasting critique of the ways in which power, sacred power, is controlled and exercised in the Roman Catholic Church.