ISS 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Leonardo Boff, Liberation Theology, Structural Violence

• School: MSU
• Department: Integrative Studies Social Sci
• Course: ISS 210
• Professor: Monir Moniruzzaman

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Iss 210 - farmer chapter 5 2/22/17. Li(cid:271)eratio(cid:374) theology"s key do(cid:272)u(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts (cid:449)ere ha(cid:373)(cid:373)ered out at the (cid:271)ishops" (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374)s i(cid:374) Medellin in 1968 and in puebla in 1978. In both instances, progressive bishops denounced the political and economic forces that immiserate so many latin americans. Liberation theology analyzes both: i) the structural forces and: hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) sufferi(cid:374)g that (cid:862)(cid:272)reate a situatio(cid:374) where the rich get richer at the expenses of the poor, (cid:449)ho get e(cid:448)e(cid:374) poorer. "(cid:863) (leo(cid:374)ardo. Preferential option for the poor: as leo(cid:374)ardo boff (cid:374)otes, (cid:862)the poor are those (cid:449)ho suffer i(cid:374)justi(cid:272)e. (cid:863) therefore, the poor deserve a preferential option against their poverty. If not, it can even constitute of human rights abuse. Liberation theology argues that genuine change needs to rooted in small communities among poor people; and it advances a simple methodology observe, judge, act. In wealthy countries, the poor often travel far and wait long for health care.