Liberation Theology Flashcards

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Alienation

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The state or experience of being isolated

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Exploitation

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The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work

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Bourgeois

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Belonging to or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

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Proletariat

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Working-class people regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism).

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Communism

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A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the
community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.

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Dehumanise

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Deprive of positive human qualities.

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Liberation Theology

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A movement in Christian theology, developed mainly by Latin American Roman
Catholics, which attempts to address the problems of poverty and social injustice as well as spiritual matters.

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Capitalism

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An economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

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Jesus the Liberator

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The belief that Jesus was aperson who liberates people from imprisonment or oppression

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Praxis

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Practice rather than theory. Referred to as ‘action’

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Orthodoxy

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Authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice.

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Orthopraxy

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In the study of religion,orthopraxyis correct conduct. How a person conducts themselves and acts upon their faith and belief

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Contextual Theology

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A type of theology by which theologians reflect on a specific situation in light of
experience e.g. Liberation theologians focus on the situation of the poor and their experience

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