A Theology of Liberation

Abstract

Gustavo Gutierrez, a professor of theology at the Catholic University in Lima, Peru, lives and works with the people of Rimae, a slum area in Lima. His Theology of Liberation (Orbis, 1973), from which the following excerpts are taken, is generally recognized as the classic presentation. of the new theology. - The Editors.

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