Liberation Theology According to Chasten Flashcards
how did religious revolutionaries of the early 1960s sees Latin America’s problems?
religious revolutionaries of the early 1960s saw Latin America’s problems much like the marxist revolutionaries did
where did these revolutionaries take inspiration from?
they took inspiration from the work of Paulo Freire
what did Freire believe?
he believed that methods used to teach school children to teach wouldn’t work with adults and that learning to read and write was what the poor needed to empower their lives
what method did freire come up with?
he developed a method of interactive learning that he called consciousness-raising
what did the bishops discuss in the conference of latin American bishops in 1968?
they discussed the usefulness of Freire’s approach
what did they form?
they formed christian based communities where believers would gather to read and discuss the Bible is the style of Freire’s literacy groups
what else did the bishops talk about?
the bishops also talked about liberating the poor form institutionalized violence
what was this violence that the bishops were talking about?
the hunger, disease and ignorance that the poor experience seemed natural to them
what did the bishops say was the cause of this institutionalized violence?
the bishops saw that governments failed to prevent these tragedies to those in poverty
how would Freire’s approach fix this?
using Freire’s educational approach in the christian base communities would be a way to educate the poor about these matters and strip away the seemed naturalness of institutionalized violence
what was the name of this movement that the bishops discussed in the conference?
they called this movement liberation theology
what did liberation theology create?
liberation theology created conflict among those that supported it and others who saw it as a form of communism
what happened by the late 1970s?
by the late 1970s the new pope John Paul II threw the power fully against those who stood for liberation theology
what happened to the liberation theology movement?
by the 1980s the liberation theology movement completely lost momentum after just one percent of latin Americans joined Christian based communities
