An Introduction to Liberation Theology

by David J. Turner

Liberation theology is one of the most influential theologies of the twentieth century in its attempt to ground social, economic, political, and religious structures with Jesus' second commandment to 'love your neighbor as yourself'. In this introductory text, Turner explains Liberation Theologians' fight for democratic socialism, demands for radical economic structural change, attempts to raise the consciousness of the poor, and their challenge to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081919137X
• ISBN13: 9780819191373
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"