A03.1 History and theology of liberation

Contents

Preface to the English Edition...ix [pp.ix-xvi]
Preface to the First Spanish-Language Printing...xi
Preface to the Second Spanish-Language Printing...xv

CHAPTER 1 [pp.1-35]
THEOLOGY AND LIBERATION HISTORY...1

• LOGOS AS REVELATION IN HISTORY...1
• FAITH AS DAY-TO-DAY INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY...5
• REDEFINING THEOLOGY...6
• FAITH AND THE ORDINARY CHARISM OF PROPHECY...8
• CHURCH HISTORY AND CULTURAL HISTORY...11
• FAITH AS SUPERNATURAL UNDERSTANDING OF EXISTENCE...16
• HISTORICITY IN THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY...21
• THEOLOGY IS HELLENIZED...23
• HISTORY IS FORGOTTEN...24
• CHURCH HISTORY BECOMES MERELY PROFANE HISTORY...27
• LACK OF ROOTS AND ALIENATION...28
• TOWARDS A LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY...29

CHAPTER 2 [pp.37-74]
MAJOR STAGES OF WORLD AND CHURCH HISTORY...37

• THE ORIGINS OF MAN...37
• NEOLITHIC CULTURE...40
• THE INDO-EUROPEANS...54
• THE SEMITES...58
• THE PHENOMENON OF CHRISTIANITY...63
• CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE...67
• CHRISTENDOM AS A SYSTEM ...70
• BYZANTINE, LATIN, AND HISPANIC CHRISTENDOM...73

CHAPTER 3 [pp.75-109]
COLONIAL CHRISTENDOM IN LATIN AMERICA...75

• THE ONLY COLONIAL VERSION OF CHRISTENDOM...75
• THE FIRST PROPHETS IN LATIN AMERICA...82
• THE FIRST STEPS (1492-1519)...85
• THE EVANGELIZATION OF MEXICO AND PERU (1519-1551)...87
• THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH (1551-1620)...89
• THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IN HISPANO-AMERICA...93
• THE BOURBON DECADENCE (1700-1808)...95
• THE SOCIAL STRUGGLE AND THE MARTYR BISHOPS...96
• COLONIAL CHRISTENDOM IN CRISIS (1808-1825)...98
• THE DECADENCE CONTINUES IN A CONSERVATIVE MOLD (1825-1850)...101
• RUPTURE TAKES PLACE (1850-1929)...103
• THE ATTEMPT TO BUILD A "NEW CHRISTENDOM"...106
• THE WORLDWIDE CRISIS OF CHRISTIAN CULTURES...107
• THE PRESENT SITUATION...107

CHAPTER 4 [pp.111-138]
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF THE LAST DECADE (1962-1972)...111

• VATICAN II (1962-1965)...111
• THE MEDELLIN CONFERENCE (1968)...113
• THE COUPS D'�TAT IN BRAZIL AND PERU...116
• THE CHURCH CONFRONTS SOCIALISM IN CUBA...120
• THE REALITY OF VIOLENCE IN LATIN AMERICA...122
• THE ATTITUDE OF BISHOPS AND PRIESTS...128
• CHANGING STRUCTURES AND THE ATTITUDE OF THE LAITY...131
• CHRISTIAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL COMMITMENT....132
• PRIVATE PROPERTY...135

CHAPTER 5 [pp.139-155]
THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON LIBERATION...139

• THE RISE OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY...140
• THE INFLUENCE OF POLITICS ON THEOLOGY AND LIBERATION...141
• THEOLOGICAL CATEGORIES...145
• THE DIALECTICAL CATEGORIES OF DOMINATOR AND DOMINATED...145
• THE DIALECTICAL INTERPLAY OF ELITE AND MASSES...146
• THE TEMPORAL DIALECTIC...148
• CULTURAL DEPENDENCE AND LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY...151
• THE FUNDAMENTAL CATEGORIES...152

CHAPTER 6 [pp.157-170]
CONCRETE PASTORAL APPLICATIONS...157

• CRITICAL QUESTIONING AND OPENNESS TO THE UNEXPECTED...157
• CULTURAL CONDITIONING...159
• ECONOMIC CONDITIONING...160
• POLITICAL CONDITIONING...161
• RELIGIOUS CONDITIONING: FOLK CATHOLICISM...162
• LIBERATION AND "TRANQUILITY OF ORDER"...164
• BASIC FEATURES OF A CHRISTIAN OPTION...165
• NO RECIPES OR PREFABRICATED FORMULAS...167
• CONCLUSION...169

Appendix: A Latin American People in the United States...171 [pp.171-177]
Chronology of the Latin American Church...179
Bibliography...183