1. Liberation Theology: History
1. Vatican II
2. Medellin Conference
Latin American Bishops(1968)

2. Beliefs 2. Beliefs Group 1: pp. 112-Nicaraguan peasant mass
How does this compare with forms of Christianity that you are most familiar with?
Group 2: Murals
What are your general impressions of liberation theology?

9. Liberation Theology: Doctrines
1. Theology comes out of the action of liberation
2. Usage, but not wholesale acceptance of, Marxism
3. God of the poor-
4. Sin
5. Christ as liberator not separate from this world
6. Salvation occurs in history not in a separate "city"
7. Church should not be neutral but show a "preferential option for the poor"
8. New man, new society (inner and societal change go together)
(From Christian Smith -The Emergence of Liberation Theology

10. Liberation Theology: Practices
A. CEBs
Ecclesial base communities
B. Links to leftist and guerrilla movements

11. What factors would Gramsci/Scott say were key? Gramsci 106-7
Question—When do the “popular” religious traditions of peasants and the lower classes become the basis for popular political mobilization?
What factors would Gramsci/Scott say were key?
Gramsci 106-7
Scott
Nepstad

12. Closing Opportunities
1. Puebla Conference 1979
2. Pope John Paul II
Cardinal Ratzinger/ Pope Benedict XVI
3. Pope Francis 2013—A new opening?