On the Side of the Poor"In my judgment, the ecclesial and theological movement that began after the Second Vatican Council in Latin America under the name 'liberation theology," . . . is one of the most significant currents of Catholic theology in the 20th century." Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Muller For many years the theology of liberation, which emerged from Latin America in the 1970s, was viewed with suspicion and even hostility in Rome. In this historic exchange, Father

He is the author of the Orbis books Spiritual Direction: A Beginner's Guide and Being on Fire: The Top Ten Essentials of Catholic Faith

Richard Giannone (Introduction) is professor emeritus of English at Fordham University and author of Flannery O'Connor: Hermit Novelist

Anthony Kelly

What I Believe

Giuseppe Alberigo (1926-2007) taught church history and served as director of the Institute for Religious Studies in Bologna

And there is only one way of preparing the new age

a Palestinian theology of liberation responds with a counter-strategy for biblical interpretation

a mother and housewife from Detroit killed by the Klan while supporting the freedom march in Selma

She earned a Master of Divinity degree at Harvard Divinity School and a Ph

as it carves out its own way in the following of Jesus Christ

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