The release of Stollar’s book is the latest example of how child liberation theology is gradually making inroads in select seminaries, intergenerational churches and parenting groups.Indirectly ...

Liberation theology grew out of the misbegotten “Christian-Marxist dialogue” of the 1960s and 1970s, which must seem as quaint and laughable as promoting Esperanto.

Liberation theology will likely always have its critics, but its supporters continue to build on the legacy of the past 50 years wherever they see poverty, injustice and oppression.

Comblin became a leading exponent of liberation theology, which advocates activism on behalf of the poor. The movement swept Latin America in the 1960s following the Second Vatican Council.

”For many,” he added, ”liberation theology is a good expression, but we have no association of theologians guarding the orthodoxy” of the ever-broadening movement, which incorporates some ...

"Liberation theology, from the first line of the book until the last line, is against Marxism," Gutierrez said Wednesday at an event in his honor at Fordham University's Manhattan campus.

In the Vatican, liberation theology also fell out of favor. Ratzinger, considered a liberal reformer in his younger years, became point man for Pope John Paul II on the issue after he was named ...

Gustavo Gutiérrez’s 'A Theology of Liberation' was first published in English 50 years ago. That first edition served as a primary introduction to a new way of doing theology and becoming ...

"Allow me offer a translation for those who claim to be puzzled: When I speak, I do so as a Black pastor, a father, a son of ...

Liberation theology proved highly controversial within the Catholic Church, angering traditionalists who accused Father Gutiérrez and his allies of interpreting the Gospels through a Marxist lens.

Liberation theology will likely always have its critics, but its supporters continue to build on the legacy of the past 50 years wherever they see poverty, injustice and oppression.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A towering figure in the Catholic theological landscape of the past century, the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, known as the father of liberation theology, died Tuesday night (Oct ...