Liberation Theology and Marx Flashcards
What does Marxism offer?
Marxism offers a comprehensive analysis of the world and clearly articulates how the workers can liberate themselves from oppression by developing a socialist society.
What does Christianity offer?
An analysis in spirituality and an account focusing on the ways in which humans sin and turn away from God.
How does the Christianity and Marxism analysis differ?
The Marxism analysis is economic, in Christianity the analysis is spiritual.
Why should Christianity not adopt Christian elements?
If Christian thoughts adopts elements of Marxism, then it is abandoning the Christian world view and adopting an alternative world view, therefore it should avoid atheist secular ideologies.
What does Christianity have a stating record of engaging with?
Christianity has a strong record of engaging with and adapting in response to new insights, and will not be corrupted if it borrows Marxist thinking.
What does Leonardo Boff claim?
Liberation for Christians must draw inspiration from the Gospel, and that Marxism can never be allowed to become a central principle of Christian thinking. Christians must, he suggests, be vigilant in their criticism of Marxism and must reject Marxisms closed, monolithic socialist system which denies God and the dignity of the human person.
