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Flame of liberation theology still flickers despite the rise of the religious right

A counter-tradition of emancipation In stark contrast to the top-down, identitarian project of the religious right stands liberation theology. Born in the slums and base communities of Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s, it represented a radical rereading of the Christian gospel through the eyes of the poor. Its foundational text was lived experience; […]