Liberation Theology And Marx

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Marx on a capitalist society causes the

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Proletariat to become dehumanised in order for the bourgeoisie to make profit

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Marx on workers

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Endure soulless conditions doing mindless jobs as part of a production line, alienated from creativity

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Acceptance of the status quo because

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Religion

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How does religion lead to acceptance

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False consciousness, they believe society is ordered by God, only God can bring change

Poverty is a test, rewarded in afterlife

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Marx wanted revolution

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The proletariat to overthrow the bourgeoisie, to take over production for themselves

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Praxis

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It’s necessary to understand a situation in order to bring about change

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Gustavo Gutierrez on marxism

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Instrument to bring about sorts of changes that Jesus talked about

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Gutierrez we are all guilty of

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Personal sin

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Structural sin

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Society is built on inequality and people are alienated

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Liberation theology uses the

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Hermeneutic of suspicion

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Hermeneutics

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Process of interpreting the Bible

In this case challenging traditional interpretations

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Liberation theology are inspired by

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Luke’s Gospel

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Luke’s gospel

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Main theme is social revolution

Kingdom of God is not some heavenly future but something that can exists in the here and now

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Parable of the sheep and the goats

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Whatever you do for the least of my brothers you do for me

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Parable implies

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A preferential option for the poor

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Liberation theology argues for orthopraxis

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It’s not enough to just believe that injustice is a sin (orthodoxy) but that belief should lead to change (praxis)

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What order should things go

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Feed the hungry

Teach beliefs or insist they follow the church

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Gutierrez liberation in 2 stages

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Fixing the problem of structural sun

Liberating from personal sin

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Cannot embrace Marx’s teachings in the church

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Embracing some leads to embracing all encouraging unorthodox beliefs in the church

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If Marx is correct the church

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The church should be open to criticism, Jesus criticised priests as ‘blind guides’ and hypocrites

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The absolute truth is accessible to non believers if Marx is right

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Reason over Bible or church tradition

Church should remain distinctive rather than trying to assimilate the ideas of non believers

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Natural theology on reason

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Reason is God given, moral compass part of human nature

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Gutierrez on Marxism

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Useful tool to bring about Christs teachings

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Problems with accepting Marxism and example

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German evangelical church embraced nazism

Split response in the church, better to be distinctive and base all Christian teachings on the word of God alone

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Christianity, dealing with social issues at a local level

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Parable of the sheep and the goats - food banks Street pastors and the Salvation Army

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The concern for individuals is missing from

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Marx

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Liberation theology advocating for violence

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‘If Jesus were alive today he would be a guerillo’ Camilo Torres Restrepo

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Christian May follow St Paul’s advice

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‘Submit to governing authorities’ Revolutions tend to be bloody and decisive, outcome rarely what’s intended

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Christianity on what secular ideologies miss out

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Spirituality can provide courage, strength and higher Power, this may assist the poor and trying to help them

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Marxism disputing critics of secular ideology

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Comfort and spirituality, reinforce ‘false consciousness’ Administering a sticky plaster after the event rather than questioning how the poor were wounded in the firms place

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MLK

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Adopted meet hate with love and turn the other cheek Effective social change

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Engagement with Marxism is bad because

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Unorthodox ideas may enter the church

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Marxism focuses on the wrong thing

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Central message of Christianity, Jesus death and salvation is being lost Too much emphasis on change instead focus on God

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Christianity is not effective enough

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Gentle approach taken has barely touched surface level on the amount of poverty in the world etc.

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Using Marx’s atheism to ignore his ideas

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Due them being scared of violence Material poverty> spiritual poverty

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Parable of the sheep and the goats

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Whatever you do for the least of my brothers you do for me