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Introducing Liberation Theology  by Leonardo Boff and Clodovis Boff

Liberation Theology: an Introductory Guide ^[2] by Robert McAfee Brown
 

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Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor by Leonardo Boff

^[3]In his latest work, the noted Latin American theologian Leonardo Boff extends the intuitions of liberation theology, showing how they contribute to answering urgent questions of poverty and ecological degradation. If faith fails to appreciate the ecological paradigm, Boff argues, it only adds to the crisis and begs for reform. Focusing on the threatened Amazon of his native Brazil, Boff traces the economic and metaphysical ties that bind the fate of the rain forests with the fate of the Indians and poor of the land. He shows how liberation theology must join with ecology in reclaiming the dignity of the earth and our sense of a common community. To illustrate to possibilities, Boff turns to resources in Christian spirituality, ancient and modern, including cosmic Christology and the vision of St. Francis of Assisi.

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Books by Gustavo Gutiérrez

We Drink from Our Own Wells: The Spiritual Journey of a People   ^[4]

  

A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics and Salvation ^[5]

 

This is the credo and seminal text of the movement which was later characterized as liberation theology. The book burst upon the scene in the early seventies, and was swiftly acknowledged as a pioneering and prophetic approach to theology which famously made an option for the poor, placing the exploited, the alienated, and the economically wretched at the centre of a programme where "the oppressed and maimed and blind and lame" were prioritized at the expense of those who either maintained the status quo or who abused the structures of power for their own ends. This powerful, compassionate and radical book attracted criticism for daring to mix politics and religion in so explicit a manner, but was also welcomed by those who had the capacity to see that its agenda was nothing more nor less than to give "good news to the poor", and redeem God's people from bondage. (15th Anniversary Edition with New Introduction by Author) [Description from Fishpond Books Australia].

More books and articles by and about Gustavo Gutiérrez ^[6]

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Books by and about Archbishop Oscar Romero:

Archbishop Oscar Romero — Articles, Books, Videos ^[7]
   
The Violence of Love   
       Free PDF editions in English and Spanish ^[8]
       Paperback edition

   
Voice of the Voiceless: The Four Pastoral Letters and Other Statements ^[9]

The Four Pastoral Letters discuss themes of the Resurrecting Church, the Church as the Body of Christ at work in history, The Church at work with the people, and the Church's mission within the National Crisis, and the National Security State which sacrifices people, their rights and their lives for the interests of a powerful few. Clearly and independently from the mystery of the martyrdom of Archbishop Romero, these four documents have much to tell us today therefore about our own present situation, about ecclesiology and the prophetic obligation and mission of the Church in the modern world, and they more than merit our close reading now as we struggle still as an oppressed and a pilgrim Catholic Church in America. [Description from a reader's review on Amazon.com.]

Archbishop Romero: Memories and Reflections ^[10] (by Jon Sobrino)
 

 

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Books by (and articles about) Jon Sobrino

No Salvation Outside the Poor: Prophetic-Utopian Essays ^[11] (2008)  The provocative title of these essays plays on a traditional Catholic slogan: "No salvation outside the church." But as Fr. Sobrino notes, salvation has many dimensions, both personal and social, historical and transcendent. Insofar as it implies God's response to a world marked by suffering and injustice, then the poor represent an indispensable test, a key to the healing of a sick society.  more… ^[11]

 

The Principle of Mercy: Taking the Crucified People from the Cross

 

Jesus the Liberator:
A Historical-Theological Reading of Jesus of Nazareth

 

Christ the Liberator: A View from the Victims ^[12]

 

Archbishop Romero: Memories and Reflections ^[10]

 

Christology at the Crossroads: A Latin American Approach ^[13]

 

Systematic Theology: Perspectives from Liberation Theology (Readings from Mysterium Liberationis) ^[14]  Jon Sobrino and Ignacio Ellacuría

 

Mysterium Liberationis: Fundamental Concepts of Liberation Theology ^[15]
Ignacio Ellacuría and Jon Sobrino 9781570755408

 

Article: Jon Sobrino and the Vatican judgment [against him] ^[16]
by Andrew Hamilton

 

Article: Reflections on the Sobrino Notification ^[17]
by Michael O'Sullivan, SJ
 

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African-American Liberation Theology

Martin Luther King, Jr. books and videos ^[18]

NEW BOOK (2009):  The Segregated Hour: ^[19]
A Layman's Guide to the History of Black Liberation Theology

James Cone Explains Black Liberation Theology ^[20] (streaming audio 13 min)

God of the Oppressed ^[21] by James H. Cone

Black Theology: A Documentary History, Volume 1, 1966-1979 ^[22]

Black Theology: A Documentary History, Volume 2, 1980-1992 ^[23]

A Black Theology of Liberation (Ethics and Society) ^[24]

  

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Liberation Psychology

Overview article:  Liberation Psychology: Learning From Latin America ^[25]
Mark Burton, Manchester Learning Disability Partnership  2002

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Ignacio Martín-Baró: Writings for a Liberation Psychology

By Ignacio Martín-Baró
(Adrianne Aron and Shawn Corne, Editors)

"In your country," Ignacio Martín-Baró remarked to a North American colleague, "it’s publish or perish. In ours, it’s publish and perish." In November 1989 a Salvadoran death squad extinguished his eloquent voice, raised so often and so passionately against oppression in his adopted country. A Spanish-born Jesuit priest trained in psychology at the University of Chicago, Martín-Baró devoted much of his career to making psychology speak to the community as well as to the individual. This collection of his writings, the first in English translation, clarifies Martín-Baró’s importance in Latin American psychology and reveals a major force in the field of social theory. more… ^[27]

 

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Toward Psychologies of Liberation
Critical Theory and Practice in Psychology and the Human Sciences

By Mary Watkins and Helene Shulman

Psychologies of liberation are emerging on every continent in response to the collective traumas inflicted by colonialism and globalization. The authors present the theoretical foundation and participatory methodologies that unite these radical interdisciplinary approaches to creating individual and community well-being. They move from a description of the psychological and community wounds that are common to unjust and violent contexts to engaging examples of innovative community projects from around the world that seek to heal these wounds. The creation of public homeplaces, the work of liberation arts, critical participatory action research, public dialogue, and reconciliation are highlighted as embodying the values and hopes of liberation psychology. Drawing on psychoanalysis, trauma studies, liberation arts, participatory research, and contemporary cultural work, this book nourishes our understanding of and imagination about the kinds of healing that are necessary to the creation of more just and peaceful communities. In dialogue with cultural workers, writers, and visionaries from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, the United States, and the Pacific Islands, Toward Psychologies of Liberation quickens a dialogical convergence of liberatory psychological theories and practices that will seed individual and community transformation.  Download Introd ^[29]uction as PDF file ^[29].   Book info and purchase links ^[28].

 

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The Insanity of Normality ^[30]
Toward Understanding Human Destructiveness 

By Arno Gruen

In The Insanity of Normality, the psychoanalyst Arno Gruen challenges the assumption, made popular by Freud in the twentieth century, that humans are born with an innate tendency to destruction and violence.  Gruen argues instead that at the root of evil lies self-hatred, a rage originating in a self-betrayal that begins in childhood, when autonomy is surrendered in exchange for the "love" of those who wield power over us. To share in that subjugating power, we create a false self, a pleasing-to-others image of ourselves that springs from powerful and deep-seated hopes of being loved and fears of being injured and humiliated. Gruen traces this pattern of over-adaptation and smoldering rebellion through a number of case studies, sociological phenomena — from Nazism to Reaganomics — and literary works.  (Full disclosure:  Dennis Rivers, the editor of www.LiberationTheology.org and this page, owns the small publishing firm, Human Development Books, that publishes Arno Gruen's two books available in English:  The Insanity of Normality and The Betrayal of the Self.)    more…

  

Evolving Bibliography on Liberation Psychologies ^[31]
  

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Additional Perspectives (under construction)

Gaia and God: An Ecofeminist Theology of Earth Healing ^[32] by Rosemary Radford Ruether

The Struggle Is One: Voices and Visions of Liberation ^[33]  by Mev Puleo

The Queer God ^[34]

Pan-African Theology: Providence and the Legacies of the Ancestors ^[35]

Lift Every Voice: Constructing Christian Theologies from the Underside ^[36]

Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation ^[37] by Marc Ellis

Longing for Running Water: Ecofeminism and Liberation
(Biblical Reflections on Ministry)

Liberation Theologies, Postmodernity, and the Americas ^[38]

En LA Lucha in the Struggle: A Hispanic Womens Liberation Theology
(Biblical Reflections on Ministry)

Erotic Justice: A Liberating Ethic of Sexuality ^[39]

The Power of Naming: A Concilium Reader in Feminist Liberation Theology (Concilium Series (Maryknoll, Ny) ^[40]

Liberation Theology After the End of History: The Refusal to Cease Suffering (Radical Orthodoxy) ^[41]

The Future of Liberation Theology: An Argument and Manifesto ^[42]

In Solitary Witness: The life and death of Franz Jägerstätter ^[43]

Militarist Christendom And The Gospel Of The Prince Of Peace ^[44]

The Burning Season – The Chico Mendes Story (film) ^[45]

Pedagogy of the Oppressed ^[46]

Education for Critical Consciousness ^[47]

The Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology ^[48]  (book review)

Orbis Books Catalog ^[49]  (Orbis Books is a major publisher of books on liberation theology.)

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Bibliography on Liberation Theologies

Bibliography on Liberation Psychologies

Bibliography on Liberation Ecologies ^[50]