9:00 am - 10:00 am
BB Unitarian Universalist Christian fellowship will meet Sunday Oct 25 at 9 am in the Forrest Church Room. The topic is “Liberation Theology and Gustavo Gutierrez”. We will watch a lecture on the topic from “The Great Courses” series: “The Lives of Great Christians”. Manny Andrade will be our special guest to answer questions and give his perspective on this Peruvian Theologist that is considered the Father of Liberation Theology.
By the beginning of the 21st century, several theologies of liberation have developed around the world, in regions of South Africa and Korea and in groups of feminists and gays in the developed world. All of these are, to some extent, inspired by a theology that developed among the poor of Latin America. This theology was given a name and an identity by a Peruvian priest named Gustavo Gutierrez, who published his famous book, A Theology of Liberation, in 1971. Liberation theology is rooted in the establishment of base communities among the poor and dispossessed. Its advocates argue that all Christians are called not just to alleviate the suffering of individuals who are poor and oppressed but, as Christians, to oppose oppressive political, economic, and social structures. Liberation theologians argue that Christ made a preferential option for the poor, and all who call themselves followers of Christ must do likewise.
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