Liberation Theology's Use Of Marx To Analyse Social Sin

Question 1

Liberation theology grew in popularity at a time when an under-developed Latin America (where people lived in ?) was a key battleground in the ? War.

Answer 1

Poverty.

Cold.

Question 2

Latin America raised the question: would it stick with capitalism or choose ?

Answer 2

Socialism.

Question 3

Liberation theology drew on the idea that the purpose of ? isn’t to increase wealth but to ? human well-being.

Answer 3

Development.

Increase.

Question 4

If workers are ? and ?, there’s ? The structures of sin that support ? become part of the organisational structure of society (schools, government) and injustice becomes ?

Answer 4

Alienated.
Exploited.
Injustice.
Industrialisation.
Institutionalised.

Question 5

Gutierrez mentions Marx’s theories and cautioned against endorsing every aspect of ?, but believed that people of Latin America had a deep-rooted desire for ? from the burdens of ?

Answer 5

Marxism.
Liberation.
Capitalism.

Question 6

Gutierrez called for the Church to stand with those ?

Answer 6

Movements.

Question 7

Being Christian requires a person to be political. Gutierrez argued that it’s the responsibility of the Latin American Church to denounce every ? ? that is contrary to brotherhood, ? and liberty.

Answer 7

Dehumanising situation.

Justice.

Question 8

The Church must be a voice against ? and ?, and right action (?) should come before right belief (?).

Answer 8

Alienation.
Exploitation.
Orthopraxis.
Orthodoxy.

Question 9

“The class struggle is a fact and ? in this matter is impossible”.

Answer 9

Neutrality.

Question 10

To reject the class struggle is to ? the existing system and work as part of it. The current system embraces ? ? and this creates ? ?

Answer 10

Legitimise.
Structural inequality.
Structural sin.

Question 11

Liberation theologians are clear that liberation theology isn’t ? but uses Marx’s analysis of ?

Answer 11

Marxist.

Society.

Question 12

“Liberation theology freely borrows from Marxism certain “? ?” that have proved fruitful in understanding the world of the oppressed” (Leonardo and Clodovis ?).

Answer 12

Methodological pointers.

Boff.

Question 13

Liberation theology concludes that ? has failed to satisfy the basic needs of the poor and, although ? may not be perfect, the ? ideal is better than the ? ideal.

Answer 13

Capitalism.
Socialism.
Socialist.
Capitalist.