| Liberation Theologies, Postmodernity, and the Americas Contributor(s): Batstone, David (Editor), Mendieta, Eduardo (Editor), Lorentzen, Lois Ann (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415916585 ISBN-13: 9780415916585 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1997 Annotation: Simultaneously arising out of such diverse contexts as the black community in the United States, grassroots religious communities in Latin America, and feminist circles in North Atlantic countries, theologies of liberation have emerged as a resource and inspiration for people seeking social and political freedom. Over the last three decades, liberation theology has irrevocably altered religious thinking and practice throughout the Americas. Liberation Theologies, Postmodernity and the Americas provides a meaningful and spirited debate on vital interpretive issues in religion, philosophy, and ethics. The renowned group of scholars explore liberation theologies' uses of discourses of emancipation, revolution and utopia in contrast with postmodernism's suspicion of grand narratives, while assessing what the postmodernism/liberation debate means for strategies of social and political transformation. Guided by the experiences of those at the margins of social power, liberation theologies demystifythe eurocentric myths of secularization and modernity, and calls for a re-appraisal of religion in contemporary societies. Contributors: Edmund Arens, David Batstone, Maria Clara Bingemer, Enrique Dussel, Gustavo Gutierrez, Jurgen Habermas, Franz Hinkelammert, Dwight Hopkins, Lois Ann Lorentzen, Eduardo Mendieta, Amos Nascimento, Elsa Tamez, Mark McLain Taylor, and Sharon Welch, Robert Allen Warrior |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Fundamentalism - Religion | Theology |
| Dewey: 230.046 |
| LCCN: 96054817 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.08" W x 9.28" (1.30 lbs) 320 pages |
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| Publisher Description: First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |