Marcella Althaus-Reid, “Indecent Theologian” Theologian Marcella Althaus – Reid died February 20th 2009, after a theological journey that began with the study and practice of liberation theology in the slums of Argentina under the military junta, and ended as Professor…
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Remembering Marcella Althaus – Reid, “Indecent Theologian”
Theologian Marcella Althaus – Reid died February 20th 2009, after a theological journey that began with the study and practice of liberation theology in the slums of Argentina under the military junta, and ended as Professor of Contextual Theology at…
Liberate Me, Liberate You: The Preferential Option for the Queer
Academic Phillip Berryman has called liberation theology, “an interpretation of Christian faith through the poor’s suffering, their struggle and hope, and a critique of society and the Catholic faith and Christianity through the eyes of the poor.”1 Gay liberation was…
Patrick Chen, on Christ the Liberator
When Jesus began his teaching ministry in the Temple, he chose as his text the passage from Isaiah, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has…
Argentina Approves Family Equality.
It’s been a long night waiting for confirmation, but Argentina has just become the latest country, and the fourth strongly Catholic country, to approve family equality, even in the face of vigorous, highly visible, opposition by the Catholic Church. (Note…
Oscar Romero: Bishop of the Poor
As Bishop of the Poor, Oscar Romero is an appropriate model for all of us. By standing up firmly as a witness for truth, and against injustice and oppression of all kinds, he has additional significance for us as gay…
