The Cambridge Companion To Liberation Theology

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BRONX, NY ROSE HILL PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge C B Z I R I \ United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge, C B Z 2 R U , UK http://www.cup.cain.ac.uk 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 1 0 0 1 1 - 4 2 1 1 , USA http://www.cup.org 10 Stamford Road, Oaklcigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1999 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1999 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge Typeset in Sabon 10/13 pt (GC) A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library The Cambridge companion to liberation theology / edited by Christopher Rowland. p. cm. — (Cambridge companions to religion) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-521-46144-8 (hardback). — ISBN 0-521-46707-T (pbk.) 1. Liberation theology. I. Rowland, Christopher, 1947- . II. Series. BT83.57.C343 1999 230 -0464—dc2i 98-20489 CIP / ISBN ISBN o 521 46144 8 hardback o 521 46707 T paperback CONTENTS Notes on contributors Preface Glossary Abbreviations pg a e j xm xvi xviii Introduction: the theology of liberation CHRISTOPHER Part one 1 2. The task and content of liberation theology 3 39 WIELENGA 63 89 GREY Aspects of liberation theology 107 The origins and character of the base ecclesial community: a Brazilian perspective ANDREW 109 DAWSON The Bible and the poor: a new way of doing theology GERALD 7 19 ANTONIO Part two 6 17 CONDOR Feminist theology: a critical theology of liberation MARY 5 JUDITH Black theology EDWARD 4 translated by Liberation theology in Asia BAST1AAN i ROWLAND Contemporary liberation theology G. G U T I E R R E Z x 129 WEST Liberation and reconstruction: the unfinished agenda CHARLES VILLA-VICENCIO Vll 153 CONTENTS Part three 8 Analysis and criticism 177 Liberation theology and the Roman Catholic Church 179 PETER H EBBLETHWAITE 9 Marxism, liberation theology and the way of negation 199 DENYS TURNER 10 The economics of liberation theology VALPY 11 FITZGERALD Political theology, tradition and modernity OLIVER 2.18 235 O'DONOVAN Epilogue: the future of liberation theology CHRISTOPHER 248 ROWLAND Select bibliography 252 Index ¿57 vm NOTES ED