Liberation Theology

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Liberation theology is a movement within various religious traditions that emphasizes the importance of social justice and the rights of the poor and oppressed. It teaches that faith should actively address and transform social inequality.

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Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Jun 23

Game shows in the post-DEI age

The image is a satirical, brightly colored game-show scene modeled after Contestants’ Row from The Price Is Right. The set has a retro television look with bold yellows, reds, greens, blues, stage lights, and a large illuminated sign reading “Contestants’ Row.”

Four contestants stand behind green bidding podiums. From left to right:

The first contestant is a Black man named Darnell, smiling and clapping. His bid screen reads $7,125.

The second contestant is a Latina woman named Marisol, laughing excitedly. Her bid screen reads $6,350.

The third contestant is an Asian man named Jordan, smiling behind his podium. His bid screen reads $5,875.

The fourth contestant is a white man named Tyler, wearing a light blue shirt. His bid screen does not show a dollar amount; it reads “Not DEI.”

On the far right, Donald Trump is depicted as the game show host, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and red tie. He is pointing toward Tyler as if announcing him as the winner.

A large banner at the bottom says: “TYLER, COME ON DOWN! YOU ARE THE WINNER!” The image’s joke is that even though the other contestants made actual bids, the white contestant wins simply by rejecting “DEI,” parodying both game-show logic and anti-DEI politics.

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· May 20

If social justice workers' gravestones were bottles of Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap...

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· May 12

John Stossel contends that democracy and community are threats to his own liberty -- and his own freedom, not that of minorities or low-wage workers, is what matters.

In a Facebook video dated May 10, 2026, John Stossel posts:

"There's nothing more important than democracy!" say politicians.
Not true, says Timothy Sandefur of Goldwater Institute .
"There's nothing more important than liberty. The Constitution exists to protect us against democracy."
In our full interview we talk about that, and more.

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· May 10

Guess who's actually "woke"? MAGA is.

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Apr 30

At Play in the Lions’ Den: a biography and memoir of Daniel Berrigan (c) 2017 "Who better than a literate peacemaker like Jim Forest to tell the story of dear Dan Berrigan and all his commitments to nonviolence? And tell it so well." — Colman McCarthy jimandnancyforest.com/2017/06/dani...

Book cover of "At Play in the Lions’ Den: a biography and memoir of Daniel Berrigan" by Jim Forest, 2017

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Apr 30

From a Facebook page devoted to Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, about Daniel Berrigan, S.J.: "In my own life I was struggling to determine what my response to the [Vietnam] war should be. ... 🧵 1/8 Source: www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

Mourners march May 6, 2016, prior to the funeral Mass of Jesuit Fr. Daniel Berrigan. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)

American poet, Roman Catholic priest, and peace activist Daniel Berrigan speaking at an event at Saint Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut, in 1987.

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Apr 29

We begin a review of Catholic folk songs that many of us grew up with. They seemed empowering and liberating in the 1970s and 1980s... but were they?

The book cover of the classic U.S. Roman Catholic folk-song book, "Glory & Praise."

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Apr 24

The political "left" and "right" are delusions at best, lies at worst. Here's what the U.S. political spectrum actually looks like.

A 3D political compass rendered as a translucent wireframe cube, viewed from above and to the right in isometric perspective. Three color-coded arrows extend outward from the cube along its edges, each labeling a political axis: a red horizontal arrow marks the left–right spectrum from Libertarian to Authoritarian (Political Authority); a blue vertical arrow marks top-to-bottom from Cosmopolitan to Nationalist (Global Orientation); a green diagonal arrow marks depth from Institutionalist at the back to Populist at the front (System Trust). The cube's faces are tinted with subtle color gradients reflecting the meeting of these axes.
Four real-world political groups are plotted inside the cube as emoji markers. 🔵 Biden/Clinton Democrats appear in the upper-left-back region — moderate authority, cosmopolitan, institutionalist. 🗽 Libertarians sit nearby but further from the center, at the extreme low-authority, cosmopolitan, institutionalist corner. ✊ Bernie-wing Progressives appear toward the upper-right-front — cosmopolitan like the Democrats, but significantly more populist and somewhat more authoritarian. 🔴 MAGA Republicans occupy the opposite extreme: lower-right-front — high authority, nationalist, and strongly populist. A key below the compass lists each group's name and precise X, Y, Z coordinates. The most striking insight the cube reveals: MAGA and Bernie both sit deep in the Populist (front) region of the cube, but at opposite ends of every other axis.

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Apr 23

Everyone has a different perspective on, and within, liberation theology. Where are you located on the Liberation Theology Compass?

A useful way to build a “3D liberation theology compass” is to identify three tensions that show up again and again across traditions – not just in Latin American Liberation Theology, but also in Black, feminist, queer, and interfaith liberation frameworks.

Here’s a clean, interpretable model:

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1) Axis One: Structural vs. Personal Liberation

Question: Where do you locate the primary site of liberation?

* Structural (−)
Focus on systems: capitalism, colonialism, racism, state power
Liberation = transforming institutions and material conditions
* Personal (+)
Focus on individual transformation: sin, consciousness, ethics
Liberation = inner conversion, moral awakening

Interpretation:
This axis separates people who sound like Gustavo Gutiérrez (strong structural emphasis) from those closer to spiritual or pastoral reformers.

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2) Axis Two: Divine Agency vs. Human Agency

Question: Who (or what) primarily drives liberation?

* Divine Agency (−)
God, spirit, or transcendent reality is the main actor
Humans participate, but liberation is ultimately sacred initiative
* Human Agency (+)
Liberation is created through human struggle, organizing, praxis
Theology emerges from action, not the other way around

Interpretation:
This distinguishes more traditional theological views from praxis-centered approaches like those influenced by Paulo Freire.

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3) Axis Three: Tradition vs. Radical Reinterpretation

Question: How do you treat inherited religious tradition?

* Tradition (−)
Scripture and doctrine are authoritative and largely continuous
Liberation is drawn out of existing teachings
* Radical Reinterpretation (+)
Tradition is critiqued, rewritten, or even rejected
Marginalized perspectives redefine theology

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Apr 20

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Apr 16

Pope Leo calls out Trump’s unhinged behavior, nuclear capability, and influence over millions, framing Trump as a serious threat to humanity and Christianity. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Apr 10

“American Christians can’t pretend we haven’t seen what our leaders have done this spring,” writes ethicist Justin R. Hawkins. @christianitytoday.com

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Apr 9

It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

"It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness."

This proverb is illustrated as modern art in the form of a hand lighting a candle with silhouettes in the background of a crescent moon, mosque, dove, and prayer beads. The proverb is attributed to a 1907 collection titled “The Supreme Conquest and Other Sermons Preached in America” by William L. Watkinson.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/03/19/candle/

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Mar 14

Being leftist is great, except that it's one-dimensional. Politics and faith have at least four dimensions. Three are suggested here:

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Mar 7

When I was your age, Americans protested the Iran-contra scandal hearings. Not because Americans opposed Republican leaders’ collusion with Iran’s ayatollahs or Central American terrorists, but because the hearings pre-emptied The Price Is Right.

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Mar 7

Trump @realDonaldTrump has betrayed his voters, US soldiers, Middle East Christians, and the Christian faith by starting this horrific war with Iran.
Other Christian countries should stay out of this war of choice waged for Netanyahu and not join in. Thankfully, several European countries have stated they will not be fooled into another destructive Middle East War, such as happened with the Iraq War.
-- Iraqi Christian Foundation via Twitter/X, March 5, 2026

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Mar 7

U.S. Evangelicals are intentionally spreading false information online about Iranian Christians in order to promote more war and bloodshed.
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There are over 1 million native, Apostolic Christians in Iran (Armenians, Assyrians, Chaldeans), not Evangelicals. U.S. Evangelicals are falsely claiming these native Apostolic Christians, who do not want war, "are converts begging for war."
U.S. Evangelicals pushed for the Iraq War that destroyed 1.5 million native Chaldean and Assyrian Christians in Iraq.
U.S. Evangelicals pushed for the Syria War that destroyed 2.5 million native ancient Syrian Christian communities, even siding with and advocating for more funding for the AlQaeda/ISIS terrorists that were literally crucifying Syrian Christians.
U.S. Evangelicals do not speak for Middle East Christians. Middle East Christians do not want more war in the region.
-- Iraqi Christian Foundation via Twitter/X, March 2, 2026

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Mar 7

There are over a million ancient Apostolic Christians in Iran, predominantly Armenians and Assyrians. The U.S.-Israel War against Iran is disastrous for Middle East Christians across several countries, as many of our communities are already on the brink of extinction.
-- Iraqi Christian Foundation via Twitter/X, March 1, 2026

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Jan 30

Cities Church, where Don Lemon and Georgia Fort reported,  is an openly white supremacist organization that proudly abuses government power to illegally trespass inside other Minneapolis churches and attack Christian immigrants in those churches.
 The leader of the protest against Cities Church  is herself a Christian minister.

It is the church, not the Christian protesters, that invades sacred worship spaces to terrorize innocent (and often immigrant) people of faith.

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Jan 28

Who are your own heroes of liberation-oriented theologies? Would we recognize them?

Salvador Dali-inspired group portrait of Leonardo Boff, Gustavo Gutierrez, Dorothy Day, Oscar Romero, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Malcolm X, Ilhan Omar, and James H. Cone.

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Jan 26

"Heaven is high and the emperor is far away" is a Chinese proverb. Both historically and in contemporary China, the proverb has a variety of uses, for example: in reference to local government autonomy, or in reference to minor offenses committed outside the oversight of authorities.

"Heaven is high and the emperor is far away," a Chinese proverb rendered in Bank Gothic font that is reminiscent of the screen titles from the reimagined TV series Battlestar Galactica.

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Jan 26

Desiring God openly and explicitly supports this systematic violence by ICE against the entire American left. How Christian is that? via @rickpidcock.bsky.social on Facebook

WilliamWolfe on Twitter/X:
The Right needs to understand there's no "winning" the "public opinion" fight here. And any Republican whining about the "optics" is being subversive.
There's just winning, period.
Bring the full weight of the federal government down on Minnesota. Crush the Left. Deport them all.
Do that and the voters will reward you.

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Jan 26

The Iliff School of Theology honors Miguel A. De La Torre on the publication of his 50th book within the American Academy of Religion. March 4, 2026 at Iliff and online Free registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/miguel-de-...

Iliff School of Theology
Celebration of Miguel A. De La Torre's 50th Book Publication
CELEBRATE MIGUEL
March 4, 2026 - 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Join us for an extraordinary evening honoring Iliff faculty member Miguel A. De La Torre, one of only five scholars in history to have published over 50 books within the American Academy of Religion.
This milestone speaks to a lifetime of groundbreaking scholarship, public engagement, and transformative impact.
This in-person and live-streamed celebration brings together leading voices, vibrant conversation, and a joyful community in honor of Dr. De Le Torre's achievements.
Event Highlights
4:30 PM - Celebration Kickoff
The party starts early! Gather with colleagues and friends to celebrate Miguel's remarkable achievement. There will be food!
5:00 PM - Panel Discussion: Inerogating Hope
A dynamic panel reflecting on Miguel A. De La Torre's scholarly legacy, ethical vision, and influence on the field.
6:15-7:30 PM - Music and salsa music
We close the evening with rhythm, movement, and joy - with music and dancing to celebrate a career that has always connected scholarship to life, culture, and community.

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Jan 20

U.S. evangelicals not only demonize any form of human empathy. They emasculate men who respect, affirm, and collaborate equitably with the women in their lives.

GiveSendGo CoFounder Jacob Wells responds to Pastor Mark Driscoll on Twitter/X:
@jacobawells • Jan 19
Coupled with a society of emasculated young men that don't know their role to lead the home. Even married progressive women engage in toxic empathy with no check from their husbands.

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Jan 20

U.S. white evangelical leaders despise women who refuse to be controlled, molested, and raped by their husbands.

Pastor Mark Driscoll on Twitter/X:

Progressive young women are the result of misplaced motherhood.
When you don't marry and have kids, you start mothering pets and terrorists in the name of toxic empathy.

8:22 PM • Jan 18, 2026

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Jan 19

Cartoon of the day. via @kevinmyoung.bsky.social via @zackhunt.bsky.social

Wielding a whip, Jesus angrily overturns pews in a church, disrupting a MAGA church service that is led by a pastor, who wears an ICE flak jacket. The pastor and his MAGA hat wearing worshipers are astonished and offended by Jesus' disruption.

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Jan 17

When people complain about “chaos” at the U.S. border, they are often describing feelings and lived impacts, not one clean statistic. More than one thing can be true at once: deportations can be high (under Trump and Biden), and the situation can still feel chaotic.

A wide, colorful illustration shows a long corridor formed by two tall metal border fences on the left and right, stretching far into the distance. In the center, a very large crowd of people walks forward in the same direction, packed closely together. The people are shown mostly from behind, many wearing backpacks, hats, and casual clothing in varied colors, suggesting a mix of individuals and families.

In the foreground, several uniformed officers stand facing the crowd from behind and to the sides, creating a sense of monitoring and control without any direct confrontation. Their presence frames the scene and guides the eye toward the dense crowd in the middle.

Along both sides near the fences are scattered tents or tarps in bright colors, like blue and orange, implying temporary shelter or a makeshift camp. Loose papers and small pieces of debris are strewn across the ground and float through the air, adding to the feeling of disorder and paperwork.

The sky is bright with soft clouds, and sweeping, curved streaks of color arc across the scene, giving it a stylized, swirling motion that suggests busyness, confusion, and momentum.

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Jan 17

When white American evangelicals claim to be “bringing people to Jesus,” they often want the opposite:

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Jan 14

Stocks have shrugged off everything thus far the year: The U.S. capture of Venezuela’s president, Trump’s threats to invade Greenland, the risk of a U.S. military attack on Iran, and the question of the Federal Reserve’s independence. www.msn.com/en-us/money/... 1/2

Barron's headline: The world is a dumpster fire. Why the stock market doesn’t care. Story by Teresa Rivas.

The article's associated stock art depicts a dumpster fire.

Liberation Theology@liberationtheology· Jan 7

3D Political Compasses: Abandoning the lies of "left" and "right," "liberal" and "conservative," for terms that actually describe real-world opinions and biases.