The Emergence of Liberation Theology: Radical Religion and Social Movement Theory

Type

Book

Authors

Christian Smith

ISBN 10

0226764109

ISBN 13

9780226764108

Tags

Church History, Theology, History, Christianity, Sociology, Regional, Politics & Social Sciences, Social Sciences

Description

Liberation theology is a school of Roman Catholic thought which teaches that a primary duty of the church must be to promote social and economic justice. In this book, Christian Smith explains how and why the liberation theology movement emerged and succeeded when and where it did. - from Amzon

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