MARXISM AND CHRISTIANITY IN LATIN AMERICA

In: Latin American perspectives: a journal on capitalism and socialism, Band 20, Heft 79, S. 28-42

Abstract

THE RECENT HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE OF THE NICARAGUAN, SALVADORAN, AND BRAZILIAN POPULAR STRUGGLES ARE EXAMINED. THE AUTHOR EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED IN THESE STRUGGLES BY SPIRITUAL EMPOWERMENT AND THE EMERGENCE OF A LIBERATION THEOLOGY. THAT THE USE OF MARXIST SOCIAL ANALYSIS BY THIS RADICAL CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY IS NOT SURPRISING, IS ARGUED, GIVEN THE ACCURACY WITH WHICH IT DESCRIBES THE REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE OF LATIN AMERICANS.