Liberation Theology

• Liberation Theology

  • the Christian must not stand back; the class struggle is to great
  • Society gas inequality at its heart, structural inequality
  • Structural inequality leads to structural sin
  • Praxis is required to change these structures as capitalism has no worked
  • Socialism is the best of the current alternatives, but is still not ideal
• Liberation Theology

  • prioritises action, called orthopraxis, over belief
  • Christians should not stand by when presented with injustice or human suffering as all people are made in God’s image