Faithful obligations: Merold Westphal’s middle class liberation theology

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Theologica

关键词: Liberation Theology;    Philosophical Theology;    Fundamental Theology;   

DOI  :  10.14712/23363398.2016.10

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Often, liberation theology’s preferential option for the poor is pushed aside within theological discourses as being too specific, too focused on social problems, to function as a viable theology for the Church as a whole. Through this line of reasoning, many often see liberation theology as something that can remind Christians of their need to help others, but it cannot become the foundation for a sustainable belief system. In response to this, I claim that a liberation theology can be viable for daily life of all persons and this article explores this argument through the work of Merold Westphal, who’s philosophical theology founds a style of liberation theology that is directed at the middle class – in his context the American middle class. This article explores the ways in which liberation theology can work as a general, programmatic theology for all within the Church, which not only empowers those at the margins but society as a whole.

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