Liberation Theology Liberation theology is the name of a movement that arose in the churches, both Catholic and Protestant, of Latin America during the last third of the twentieth century. It also describes a theological trend that is found, often under...

During the 1970s some Roman Catholic theologians began to respond to the poverty and political oppression of mass populations in the Third World by developing doctrines on the mission of the Church in these countries. Though the focus was on Latin...

Liberation theology is a school of theology within the Catholic Church that focuses on Jesus Christ as not only the Redeemer but also the Liberator of the oppressed. It emphasizes the Christian mission to bring justice to the poor and oppressed,...