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The 34 pages that link to Liberation theology, each with the reason it gives.

• Catholic social teachingCompared with: It shares the tradition’s concern for poverty while emphasizing structural oppression and political liberation.

• Christian ethicsRelated: It makes the ethical consequences of economic and political injustice central to theological interpretation.

• Biblical exegesisRelated: Its readings foreground how biblical texts address power and the lives of marginalized people.

• Christian theologyBroader topic: It makes social injustice and emancipatory practice central to theological interpretation.

• ExodusRelated: Its readings often treat the Exodus as a model of divine solidarity with oppressed people.

• TheologyBroader topic: It connects doctrines about God with social analysis and political action.

• Book of ExodusRelated: It draws on Exodus as a scriptural account of God’s concern for oppressed people.

• PassoverRelated: The Exodus has inspired liberation readings of Passover across communities.

• Sandinista National Liberation FrontRelated: Christian activists and clergy connected popular religious commitments with support for revolutionary change.

• Pope John Paul IICompared with: His papacy restricted some liberation theologians, particularly over Marxist analysis and the role of political action.

• Pope Paul VIRelated: Paul VI’s social teaching addressed the injustices that liberation theologians placed at the center of theology.

• EcclesiologyRelated: It presses ecclesiology to account for the Church’s stance toward injustice and the poor.

• Pope FrancisRelated: Francis’s Latin American background invited comparisons, though he did not identify himself as a liberation theologian.

• Christian missionRelated: Mission's social responsibilities became a focus of theological movements confronting injustice.

• Herbert MarcuseCompared with: Its religious route to emancipation differs from Marcuse’s secular critique of society.

• Óscar RomeroRelated: Romero’s concern for the poor resonated with themes central to liberation theology.

• Desmond TutuRelated: Tutu’s public theology treated opposition to apartheid as a religious and ethical duty.

• Prosperity theologyCompared with: It shifts attention from individual acquisition to structural causes of poverty and collective change.

• Engaged BuddhismCompared with: Comparison highlights shared commitments to justice alongside different religious foundations.

• Feminist theologyRelated: Feminist theology shares its concern with structural injustice while challenging its gender blind spots.

• Systematic theologyRelated: It shows how doctrinal formulation can be shaped by social and political commitments.

• Black theologyNarrower topic: Black theology is a context-specific liberation theology shaped by anti-Black racism and Black life.

• Congregation for the Doctrine of the FaithRelated: The congregation’s interventions in this movement prompted debates about social analysis and theological limits.

• Jean-Bertrand AristideRelated: It informed the religious language and social commitments of Aristide’s early activism.

• Preferential option for the poorNarrower topic: The preferential option emerged within this movement’s account of faith and social liberation.

• Practical theologyRelated: Its praxis-centered approach pressed practical theology to confront injustice and unequal power.

• Fernando LugoRelated: Its concerns with poverty and inequality echoed themes in Lugo’s public advocacy.

• Gustavo GutiérrezNarrower topic: Gutiérrez’s 1971 book helped give this movement its name and shape.

• Christian leftRelated: It links Christian teaching to political action on behalf of the poor.

• ChristiansRelated: It shows how some Christians connect religious commitments with political and social liberation.

• Ernesto CardenalRelated: It connects Cardenal’s Catholic commitments with his support for social revolution.

• Religious socialismBroader topic: It gave religious socialism a powerful Latin American form centered on poor communities.

• History of Central AmericaCompared with: Its activists challenged conservative church roles amid Central America’s revolutionary conflicts.

• History of the Catholic ChurchRelated: It reflects the tensions between Catholic teaching, social inequality, and political change.