Gandhi's understanding of Liberation Theology:

"God can be served in only one way alone. To serve the poor is to serve God. What is the aim of life? It is to know the self. This realization of self, or self-knowledge, is not possible until one has achieved unity with all living beings, until one has become one with God. To accomplish such unity implies deliberate sharing of the suffering of others and the eradication of such suffering."

Criticisms

"Instruction on Certain Aspects of the Theology of Liberation,"

signed by Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) in 1984.  [Editor's note: In this document Cardinal Ratzinger carefully disavows Marxist thought and revolutionary violence, while at the same time reaffriming the central themes of concern for others in Catholic social thought as it has taken shape over the last several centuries.]

Liberation theology: a challenge to the church at religionlink.org

The Retreat of Liberation Theology by Edward A. Lynch

Praxis and the Content of Theology in Gustavo Gutiérrez’s Theological Methodology: A Comparative Critique. By Richard Gillingham, in Quodlibet Journal: Volume 7 Number 2, April – June 2005.

Liberation theology and the great revolutionary fantasy  A review by Paul Gray of Liberation Theology: The Essential Facts About the Revolutionary Movement in Latin America and Beyond, by Phillip Berryman. Review explores unresolved issues around the topics of revolutionary violence and coercive redistribution.  (Also see Berryman's more recent reflections on the changed situation of liberation theology.)

Temptations of Liberation Theology by Fr. Richard McBrien

Liberation Theology Under Review by Fr. Richard McBrien

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