Theology, ideology and liberation : towards a liberative theology
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Theology, ideology and liberation : towards a liberative theology
（Cambridge studies in ideology and religion, 6）
Cambridge University Press, c1994
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-267) and index
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How is theology liberating? In the context of a post-Gorbachev world, where many demand freedom which the Western powers seem ill-equipped to deliver, is it even possible to envisage a liberative theology? Taking as his starting point the Marxist complaint that Christianity is ideological, Peter Scott argues that it is not enough for Christian theology to talk about liberation: it must be liberative. Stressing with feminist and liberation theologies the embodied, contextual nature of theology, the constructive proposal made here locates God's liberating abundance toward society in an interpretation of resurrection as social. Only in this way, in the author's view, can a trinitarian Christian account of liberation be adequately grounded. The book will be of interest to all those who wish to know if theology may speak truthfully about the transformation of society: it offers the shape of a liberative theology pointing towards social freedom.
Table of Contents
- General editors' preface
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I: The Shape of the Argument
- 1. Theology and the Marxist critique of ideology
- 2. Hegemony, ideology and determination
- Part II: Liberating Theology
- 3. Against idolatry: two protocols
- 4. God/world: distinction and connections
- Part III: Christian liberation? 5. Theology and society
- 6. Incarnation, resurrection and liberation
- 7. Society and God's trinitarian presence
- 8. Unfinished business
- References
- Index.
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