Liberation Theology Flashcards
Alienation
The state or experience of being isolated
Exploitation
The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work
Bourgeois
Belonging to or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
Proletariat
Working-class people regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism).
Communism
A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the
community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.
Dehumanise
Deprive of positive human qualities.
Liberation Theology
A movement in Christian theology, developed mainly by Latin American Roman
Catholics, which attempts to address the problems of poverty and social injustice as well as spiritual matters.
Capitalism
An economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
Jesus the Liberator
The belief that Jesus was aperson who liberates people from imprisonment or oppression
Praxis
Practice rather than theory. Referred to as ‘action’
Orthodoxy
Authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice.
Orthopraxy
In the study of religion,orthopraxyis correct conduct. How a person conducts themselves and acts upon their faith and belief
Contextual Theology
A type of theology by which theologians reflect on a specific situation in light of
experience e.g. Liberation theologians focus on the situation of the poor and their experience
