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Zusatztext To paraphrase the often-used words of Mark Twain, rumours of the death of Liberation Theologies have been greatly exaggerated. This excellent book shows the great variety and the prophetic insight of Liberation Theologies and heralds renewed hope for poor, oppressed and marginalised peoples in all corners of the globe. A must read! - Anthony G. Reddie, Editor, Black Theology: An International Journal, Author, SCM Core Text: Black Theology This timely collection offers fresh theoretical lenses from an impressive array of theological voices. The authors bring new vitality to traditional liberationist themes. Traci West, Professor of Ethics and African American Studies, Drew University, US This collection is a welcome addition to the resources for teaching and developing the various liberation theologies around the world. It includes a wide variety of practitioners in the field who deal with both historical and contemporary issues. The voices are unique and the perspectives varied. The forward-looking agenda is just what is needed to counter rumors of the untimely demise of a vibrant field. Mary E. Hunt, Co-Founder, Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual, USA Informationen zum Autor Dwight N. Hopkins, University of Chicago, USA Joerg Rieger, Southen Methodist University, USA Jung Mo Sung, Methodist University of São Paulo, BrazilMario Ignacio Aguilar, University of St Andrews, UKIvan Petrella, University of Miami, USARosemary Radford Ruether, Claremont Graduate University, USABenjamin Valentin, Andover-Newton Theological Seminary, USATink Tinker, Iliff School of Theology, USAAda Maria Isasi Diaz, Drew University, USAEmilie Townes, Yale Divinity School, USANestor Medina, Regent University, USAHeike Walz, Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/BethelWati Longchar Sylvia Marcos, Center for Psycho-ethnological Research in Cuernavaca, MexicoJeremy Kirk, Union Theological SeminaryErica Kierulf, Union Presbyterian SeminaryCharlene Sinclair, Poverty Initiative at Union Theological SeminaryWilliam A. Walker, III, Claremont Graduate University, USAMalik Sales, Graduate Theological Union Klappentext This book brings together prominent voices from the global North and South to present brief analyses of liberation theology's future. It includes leaders in the field along with the newest voices. Each of these pieces was presented in the American Academy of Religion in the first five years of the Liberation Theologies Consultation. Zusammenfassung This book brings together prominent voices from the global North and South to present brief analyses of liberation theology's future. It includes leaders in the field along with the newest voices. Each of these pieces was presented in the American Academy of Religion in the first five years of the Liberation Theologies Consultation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Thia Cooper 1. Resisting Imperial Peace: Theological Reflections; Dwight Hopkins 2. Context is What Hurts: Rethinking Contextual Theology in Light of Empire and Economics; Joerg Rieger 3.Theology, Spirit and the Imperial Economic System;Jung Mo Sung 4.The Hermeneutics of Bones: Liberation Theology for the Twenty-first Century – Mario Aguilar 5.A U.S. Theology of Letting Go; Rosemary Radford Ruether 6.Dialogic Mediations: Reflections on the Hopeful Future of U.S. Liberation Theology; Benjamin Valentin 7. American Indian Liberation: Paddling a Canoe Upstream; Tink Tinker 8.Uninterrogated Coloredness and its Kin; Emilie Townes 9.Rethinking Liberation: Toward a Canadian Latin@ Theology; Nestor Medina 10.Key Issues for Liberation Theology Today: Intercultural Gender Theology Controversial Dialogues on Gender and Theology between Women and Men, and Human Rights; Heike Walz 11.The Revolution in the Arab World. Liberation: The Promise and the Illusion. A Palestinian Christian Perspective; Mitri Raheb 12.Liberation Theology and Indigenous P...
