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Article Review: Liberation of Theology by John Luis Segundo
Q1. The main purpose of this article is to argue for a different vision of Catholic theology, one which emphasizes liberating the oppressed versus traditional, doctrinal, textual hermeneutics. Segundo returns to the Jesus of the Bible and stresses Jesus commitment to the poor. He also argues for what he calls a hermeneutic circle, or hermeneutics which facilitates liberation, rather than subsuming liberation to traditional analysis of Biblical wording: Both methodology and content of theological analysis must be subjected to rigorous review (Segundo 5).
Q2. The key question Segundo is addressing is how to ensure that Biblical teachings retain a consistency and relevance to believers today, including continuing changes in our present-day reality, both individual and societal (Segundo 8). The question and its answer is clearly stated, which Segundo sees as the central question of all theological inquiry, to be relevant to people in the current day and age.
Q3. The most important information in this book is the fact that this is one of the foundational texts of what would become one of the major oppositional theological orientations of the Catholic Church, and also one of the most controversial. New realities demand new...…a radical criticizer of contemporary values and failing to take into consideration the needs of the poor. Liberation theology demands putting social needs of the here and now front and center, not subordinating them.
Q6b. If we fail to take the authors line of argument seriously, the implications are that the Church will fail to be relevant and fail in its obligations to the teachings of Jesus.
Q7. The point of view presented in this book is that of a Jesuit priest who was concerned that his teachings have relevance to Catholics living in dire circumstances in some of the most disenfranchised areas…
Works Cited
Segundo, Juan Luis. 1976. The Liberation of Theology. Translated by John Drury. Maryknoll,NY: Orbis Books.
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