GUSTAVO GUTIÉRREZ: THE FATHER OF LIBERATION THEOLOGY
GUSTAVO GUTIÉRREZ: THE FATHER OF LIBERATION THEOLOGY By: Henkholun Doungel. INTRODUCTION Gustavo Gutierrez Merino is one of the most prominent figures in Latin American Catholicism. He is a Peruvian theologian and Dominican priest; and he is considered as the father of “Liberation Theology”.1 With his publication of A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, Salvation in , Gutierrez propagate Liberation Theology that became the predominant voice for this new branch of theology in Latin America in the late 20th century. This essay describes the life and work of Gustavo Gutierrez giving special attention to his theological contributions, particularly in his advocacy for the liberation of the poor and providing a voice for the voiceless. 1. A LIFE SKETCH OF GUSTAVO GUTIERREZ Gustavo Gutierrez was born on June 8, in the Monserrat barrio of Lima. He is of Native American heritage, being of mixed Quechua and Spanish descent. He was afflicted with Osteomyelitis, which left him bed-ridden for most of his adolescence and forced him to use a wheel chair from the ages of 12 to When his physical condition improved, Guterriez studied me
A Theology of Liberation Book Review
Summary
The following review of Gustavo Gutiérrez’s book, A Theology of Liberation: Politics, History, and Salvation, provides a summary and an appraisal of the book’s content. The purpose of Gutiérrez’s book is to explicate a theology of liberation as a love letter from God’s word to radically transform the mindset of Christianity. Gutiérrez attempts to accomplish his goal by defining significant terms, identifying the problem, and providing a potpourri of potential solutions, which he admits are not conclusive.
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Three terms command attention from the start. First, Gutiérrez defines theology as “critical reflection on historical praxis.”[1] Theology is not primarily orthodoxy, but orthopraxy. Theology follows praxis by reflecting upon historical events, which leads to social and political engagement to liberate the oppressed. Second, the word development connotes the failed attempts to incrementally reform society (e.g. productivity enhancement
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Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, O.P. (born 8 June in Lima) is a Peruvian theologian and Dominican priest regarded as one of the principal founders of liberation theology in Latin America. He holds the John Cardinal O’Hara Professorship of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He has been professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a visiting professor at many major universities in North America and Europe. He is a member of the Peruvian Academy of Language, and in he was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government for his tireless work. He has also published in and been a member of the board of directors of the international journal, Concilium.
Fr. Gutiérrez has studied medicine and literature (Peru), psychology and philosophy (Leuven), and obtained a doctorate at the Institut
Gutiérrez, Gustavo (–)
Gustavo Gutiérrez (b. 8 June ) is a Peruvian priest and founder of Liberation Theology. His attempt to interpret the meaning of Christianity within the context of the struggle for justice unleashed a revolution in Latin American theological inquiry. After training for the priesthood in Europe in the s, Gutiérrez became part of a South and Central American network of Catholic Church reformers seeking to apply the teachings of the Second Vatican Council (–) to Latin American conditions. Influenced by radicalized students, the Peruvian Marxist José Carlos Mariátegui, the author José María Arguedas, and dependency theory, Gutiérrez came to champion the liberation of the Latin American poor. In he coauthored the central texts of the famous Medellín Latin American bishops' conference that denounced social and economic inequality. In his foundational text Teología de la liberación: Perspectivas, he proposed the new theological method of theology as reflection on the commitment of Christians to construct a just society.
The liberation theology movement that his ideas spawned committed some members of the Catholic Church to defend the rights of the marginali
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