HIST 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: First Council Of Nicaea, Second Vatican Council, Encyclical
14 Jun 2017
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Liberation theology: 1960s~1980s: global new left / c. american wars / military. The church in la society: had defenders of human dignity. Fathers hidalgo and morelos (mexico: but generally, not side with poor; allied with elite, oppose social reforms, did not oppose african slavery, charitable work, extremely wealthy. 1967 papal encyclical: populorum progressio: 1967: pope paul vi"s encyclical on the development of. Peoples : draw attention to present hunger, suffering poverty, invoke dignity, echo dependency theory. Preferential option for the poor : must become church of the poor: 1968: radical shift in catholic church, break with class-less theology of church, organize christian base communities (cebs) Could include both teachings of christ and socialism. Be patriotic, kill a priest : climate of extreme violence ag. Clergy: transformed by violence, radio sermons, 1980 urge soldiers to stop violence, murdered next day 3/24/80, military massacre funeral attendees. 80% of population landless: us aid. = million / day to ght guerrillas: 1980-92: over 80k killed.
