Among social trends anchored in the ’60s, none have been as resourcefully mobilized by Christians as situation ethics (popularized in 1966 by Joseph Fletcher) and liberation theology (articulated at ...

The theological world recently mourned the death of Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez, the father of Latin American liberation theology. His theopoetic—his “creative God-reflection from the space ...

SÃO PAULO (RNS) — The death of the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, called the “father of liberation theology,” at age 96 on Oct. 22 has set off a reconsideration of the theological and pastoral ...

A Peruvian priest who founded liberation theology, a movement advocating an active role for the Roman Catholic Church in ...

Four decades ago a book written by a Peruvian priest sent shockwaves inside the Latinamerican Catholic Church having set the foundations for what was known as the Liberation Theology. Accused of ...

Comblin became a leading exponent of liberation theology, which advocates activism on behalf of the poor. The movement swept Latin America in the 1960s following the Second Vatican Council.