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Tables of Contents for A Theology of Liberation
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction to the Original Edition
xiii
Introduction to the Revised Edition: Expanding the View
xvii
Part 1 THEOLOGY AND LIBERATION
1
26
Theology: A Critical Reflection
3
10
The Classical Tasks of Theology
3
2
Theology as Wisdom
4
1
Theology as Rational Knowledge
4
1
Theology as Critical Reflection on Praxis
5
6
Historical Praxis
5
4
Critical Reflection
9
2
Conclusion
11
2
Liberation And Development
13
14
The Concept of Development
14
1
Origin
14
1
Approaches
15
1
The Process of Liberation
15
9
From the Critique of Developmentalism to Social Revolution
16
1
Humankind: the Agent of Its Own Destiny
17
5
The Concept of Liberation Theologically Considered
22
2
Conclusion
24
3
Part 2 POSING THE PROBLEM
27
20
The Problem
29
5
Different Responses
34
5
The Christendom Mentality
34
1
New Christendom
35
1
The Distinction of Planes
36
3
Crisis of the Distinction of Planes Model
39
8
The Pastoral Level
39
2
Crisis of the Lay Apostolic Movements
39
1
Growing Awareness of an Alienating Situation
40
1
The Level of Theological Reflection
41
6
An Entirely Worldly World
41
2
One Call to Salvation
43
4
Part 3 THE OPTION BEFORE THE LATIN AMERICAN CHURCH
47
32
The Process of Liberation in Latin America
49
9
A New Awareness of the Latin American Reality
49
5
The Decade of Developmentalism
49
2
The Theory of Dependence
51
3
The Liberation Movement
54
4
The Church in the Process of Liberation
58
14
The Commitment of Christians
59
4
Lay Persons
59
2
Priests and Religious
61
1
Bishops
62
1
Statements and Attempts at Reflection
63
9
Towards a Transformation of the Latin American Reality
63
5
A New Presence of the Church in Latin America
68
4
Statement of the Questions
72
7
Part 4 PERSPECTIVES
79
95
Section One Faith and the New Humanity
81
2
Liberation and Salvation
83
23
Salvation: Central Theme of the Christian Mystery
83
3
From the Quantitative ...
83
1
... to the Qualitative
84
2
History Is One
86
11
Creation and Salvation
86
5
Eschatological Promises
91
6
Christ and Integral Liberation
97
9
Temporal Progress and the Growth of the Kingdom
98
2
The Horizon of Political Liberation
100
2
Christ the Liberator
102
4
Encountering God in History
106
15
Humanity: Temple of God
106
4
Conversion to the Neighbor
110
6
To Know God Is to Do Justice
110
2
Christ in the Neighbor
112
4
A Spirituality of Liberation
116
5
Eschatology and Politics
121
22
To Account for the Hope
123
3
The Political Dimension of the Gospel
126
9
The ``New Political Theology''
126
4
Jesus and the Political World
130
5
Faith, Utopia, and Political Action
135
8
Section Two The Christian Community and the New Society
141
2
The Church: Sacrament of History
143
19
Universal Sacrament of Salvation
143
5
A New Ecclesiological Perspective
143
2
Sacrament and Sign
145
3
Eucharist and Human Fellowship
148
14
``In Memory of Me''
148
2
Denunciation and Annunciation
150
6
Faith and Social Conflict
156
6
Poverty: Solidarity and Protest
162
12
Ambiguities in the Term ``Poverty''
163
2
Biblical Meaning of Poverty
165
6
Poverty: A Scandalous Condition
165
4
Poverty: Spiritual Childhood
169
2
An Attempt at Synthesis: Solidarity and Protest
171
3
Conclusion
174
1
Notes
175
82
Index of Biblical References
257
4
General Index
261