The Legacy of Liberation Theology (tags)
Liberation theology was the theological promise of Latin America and sounded like a more colorful, people-friendly church. The Vatican saw things differently....Pope Francis is seeking dialogue and he also comes from Latin America.
POPE BENTO XVI AND HIS CONSERVATIVE CHRIST (tags)
Theological conservatism of Bento XVI is almost heretical.
How Dr. King might have responded to current crises of recession, unemployment and foreclosure.
"Sighs, Signs and Significance: A Theological Hermeneutics of Nature" (tags)
How exciting to hear Prof Moltmann describe nature as a language and partner!
Against the Despisers of the Body: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Today (tags)
We need Bonhoeffer's earth piety today. A new ecological theology must oppose religious and practical world denial. We humans came from the earth and belong to this earth. There is no salvation for humans without the salvation of the earth.
Self-Redemption Through Work (tags)
"A strange mania rules the working class of all lands where capitalist civilization prevails - the love of work, the work mania. Instead of fighting this spiritual confusion, priests, eco-nomists and moralists canonize work."
60 Years Ago Dietrich Bonhoeffer was Murdered (tags)
"Translated in nearly all the languages of the world, Bonhoeffer's texts encourage liberating the Bible from the godless bonds of fundamentalist interpretations and protesting increasingly perfect weapons.."