Liberation Theology's Teaching On The "Preferential Option For The Poor"

Question 1

“Preferential option for the ?” refers to a trend in the Bible that shows a preference for individuals who are on the margins of society, ?, referring the way ? associated himself with the poor and dispossessed.

Answer 1

Poor.
Powerless.
Jesus.

Question 2

It’s encapsulated in the writing of the ? theologian Juan ?

Answer 2

Jesuit.

Segundo.

Question 3

Segundo argued that whatever criticisms can be levelled at liberation theology for its use of ? theories, there’s an authentic Christian response in the preferential option for the ?

Answer 3

Marxist.

Poor.

Question 4

“She intends to struggle for the ? and advancement of the rights of ?, especially of the poor”.

Answer 4

Defence.

Mankind.

Question 5

The biblical claim that human beings were made in the image and likeness of God placed the importance of human dignity at the centre of ? thinking.

Answer 5

Segundo’s.

Question 6

Just as God is the defender and liberator of the poor and the oppressed, so ? theology has a special concern for the poor and ?

Answer 6

Liberation.

Oppressed.

Question 7

Differing from ?, ? believed that liberation from sin should come first because it might not be possible to change the world’s social and political structures.

Answer 7

Gutierrez.

Segundo.

Question 8

In 1991, Pope John Paul II used the term “? ?”, which celebrated the 100-year anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical “Rerum Novarum On Capital and Labour”. John Paul II argued that it reminded the Church to have: “constant ? for people who are especially beloved to the ? Jesus?.

Answer 8

Centesimus Annus.
Concern.
Lord.

Question 9

John Paul II made it clear that the ? option for the poor includes a concern for spiritual poverty, and doesn’t focus exclusively on material or ? poverty.

Answer 9

Preferential.

Economic.

Question 10

Spiritual poverty’s something that can be caused by an over-emphasis on material goods and ?

Answer 10

Consumerism.

Question 11

“Drugs, as well as ? and other forms of ? which exploit the ? of the weak, tend to fill the resulting spiritual void”.

Answer 11

Pornography.
Consumerism.
Frailty.

Question 12

Following his election in 2013, Pope Francis has developed this thinking by rejecting many of the ? of ? ? and challenging the Catholic Church to be a poor Church for the ?

Answer 12

Trappings.
Papal luxury.
Poor.