| Description |
xiv, 272 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in ideology and religion ; 6 |
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Cambridge studies in ideology and religion ; 6
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| Contents |
Pt. I. The Shape of the Argument. 1. Theology and the Marxist critique of ideology. 2. Hegemony, ideology and determination -- Pt. II. Liberating Theology. 3. Against idolatry: two protocols. 4. God/world: distinction and connections -- Pt. III. Christian Liberation? 5. Theology and society. 6. Incarnation, resurrection and liberation. 7. Society and God's trinitarian presence. 8. Unfinished business |
| Summary |
How is theology liberating? In this post-Gorbachev world in which many demand freedom, and which the West seems ill-equipped to deliver, can we even envisage a liberative theology? Taking as his starting point the Marxist complaint that Christianity is ideological, Dr Scott argues that it is not enough for Christian theology to talk about liberation. It must be liberative. Stressing with feminist and liberation theologies the embodied, contextual nature of theology, the constructive proposal made here locates God's liberating abundance towards society in an interpretation of resurrection as social. Only in this way can a trinitarian Christian account of liberation be adequately grounded. This study will be of interest to those who wish to know if theology may speak truthfully about the transformation of society. In a period of crisis and hope, the book offers the shape of a liberative theology that might nerve Christian practice towards social freedom |
| Analysis |
Liberation theology |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p261-267. _ Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-267) and index |
| Subject |
Christian sociology.
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Ideology -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Idolatry.
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Liberation theology.
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| LC no. |
93051059 |
| ISBN |
0521464765 |
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