Table of Contents

Preface I. Theology of Liberation: Issues and Challenges History and Theology Issues in Theology of Liberation Purpose and Scope of This Book II. Philosophical Sources of Liberation Theology Theological Appropriation of Marxism The Marxian Moment of Liberation Theology Why Marxism? The Marxism of Liberation Theology Attitude of Liberation Theology Towards Marxism The Hegelian Moment of Liberation Theology III. Theology and Praxis The Problem of Theory and Praxis Criticisms of Theology of Liberation The Vatican Schubert Ogden McCann/Strain Historicity of Theology Faith and Praxis Theology and Praxis The Historical Particularity of Theology Theology and Solidarity The Disclosive Function of Solidarity Three Models of Solidarity Dialectic of Magisterium, Avant-garde, People The Hermeneutic Circle The Socio-analytic Mediation Scripture and Historicity The Hermeneutic Mediation Responses to Critics Transcendence, Existence, History The Poor as Concrete Universal Praxis as Transcendental Horizon Limits of Pure Reason IV. Dialectic of Salvation and Liberation Criticisms of Theology of Liberation The Vatican Stanley Hauerwas John B. Cobb, Jr. Dialectic of Salvation and Liberation Transcendence and History: Charge of Reductionism Three Dimensions of Liberation: Their Distinction Three Dimensions of Liberation: Their Relation Dialectic of Social and Personal Sin The Social and the Personal The Concept of Social Sin The Meaning of the Political Responses to Critics V. The Vatican's Theology of Liberation: A Critique Has the Vatican Changed Its Mind? The Vatican's Theology of Liberation Theology of Sin and Salvation Anthropology of Personal Existence Personal and Social Sin Social Doctrine of Liberation The Vatican's Anthropology: A Critique Reduction of the Social to the Personal Social Conditions of Freedom Conditions of Structural Change Beyond Abstract Personalism VI. The Signs of the Times and the Future of Theology: Concluding Reflections The Signs of the Times Towards a Foundational Theology of Concrete Totality Notes References Index

About the Author

Anselm Kyongsuk Min is Professor of Philosophy at Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina.