Translation of Liberacion de la teologia

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

The hermeneutical cycle: First cycle attempt, Cox and the secular city-- Second sample attempt, Marx and his critique of religion-- Third sample attempt, Weber on Calvinism and capitalism-- Fourth cycle attempt, Cone and black theology of liberation

In search of sociology: The ideological infiltration of dogma-- The retreat of sociology-- The oversimpliflication of Marxist sociology-- On the need for verification

The political option: Theological reservations about the political realm-- Theology is the second step-- Commitment is the first step-- The problem of a specifically Christian contribution

Ideologies and faith: Ideologies prior to commitment-- The common origin of faith and ideologies-- Faith without ideologies, dead faith-- Faith and ideologies in biblical revelation-- Faith operating in terms of ideologies

Ideologies, Church, eschatology: The anti-ideological stance in the Catholic Church-- The anti-ideological stance in Protestant Churches-- Justification by faith versus ideologies-- Grace in a theology of liberation

Ideologies and relativity: When and where does violence begin-- An exegesis of the gospel on violence-- Relative factors conditioning an absolute faith-- The morality of the means-- Dogma is not an encapsulated version of the absolute

Theology and popular religion: The snares of language-- Three sample approaches to the issue-- Phony universalism

Mass man, minority life, gospel message: The ecclesiastical formulation of the problem-- The socio-political formulation of the problem-- The scientific formulation of the problem-- The biblical response-- Hermenuetic consequences