Latin American Liberation Theology and Postcolonial Studies

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" Latin American Liberation Theology and Postcolonial Studies "
Roberto Puggioni

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1083043
Doc. No	:	LA126672
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15743012-02503011‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Roberto Puggioni
Title & Author	:	Latin American Liberation Theology and Postcolonial Studies [Article]\ Roberto Puggioni
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and Theology
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	25/3-4
Page No	:	313–349
Abstract	:	This paper argues in favour of the need of a continuous decolonisation and contextualisation of theology. Global capitalism, modernity, and the persistent colonial attitudes of the Western world are the phenomena in which to frame the presence of striking inequalities among and within countries. By assuming a liberationist standpoint, the analysis points at the convergence in methods and scopes of the Western postcolonial thought and the Latin American Christian theology of liberation for an effective decolonisation of theology. Liberation, with all its implications, becomes the key term through which to understand this relationship. This paper argues in favour of the need of a continuous decolonisation and contextualisation of theology. Global capitalism, modernity, and the persistent colonial attitudes of the Western world are the phenomena in which to frame the presence of striking inequalities among and within countries. By assuming a liberationist standpoint, the analysis points at the convergence in methods and scopes of the Western postcolonial thought and the Latin American Christian theology of liberation for an effective decolonisation of theology. Liberation, with all its implications, becomes the key term through which to understand this relationship.
Descriptor	:	capitalism
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	Latin America
Descriptor	:	liberation theology
Descriptor	:	postcolonial studies
Descriptor	:	postcolonial theology
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	Theology and World Christianity
Descriptor	:	Western imperialism
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15743012-02503011‬