The History and Politics of Latin American Theology explores the contribution of major Latin American theologians to contemporary politics. Within the Latin American context, there has been a rediscovery of a fluid and sometimes contradictory relationship between the practice of religion and the practice of politics. Those with religious belief, living in that context, were forced to respond to a crisis in politics, whereby their own beliefs, practices, and a way of life were pushed to the limit by human rights violations and absolutist forms of government. Responses varied widely - from the confrontation against the state in Chile to the dissenting silence in Argentina. The first volume deals with the complex roots of liberation and the issue of theological generations and the second volume explores the progression of Latin American theologians through their involvement in social movements and the relation between the Church and civil society, as society has changed and the Christian...

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