Religion, Torture and the Liberation of God
Title | Religion, Torture and the Liberation of God PDF eBook |
Author | Mario I Aguilar |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 2015-04-17 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1317503090 |
If God can be used by the powerful to justify violence in the name of order, he can also be used by the weak to illuminate the position of the victims of political conflict. Religion, Torture and the Liberation of God explores the theological possibilities of a God who is a prisoner and a victim of torture. The book relocates God to the horrors of the military abuse of human rights in Chile and the systematic rape of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Aguilar argues that this theological exercise offers us new ways of understanding the abuse of power, whether it be the clerical abuse of children, violence against women, or homophobia. This examination of torture and rape becomes, through a theology of praxis and compliance, an examination of solidarity, love and affection. The book concludes with an exploration of the possibilities of a tortured God who liberates.
Religion, Torture and the Liberation of God
Title | Religion, Torture and the Liberation of God PDF eBook |
Author | Mario I Aguilar |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2015-04-17 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1317503082 |
If God can be used by the powerful to justify violence in the name of order, he can also be used by the weak to illuminate the position of the victims of political conflict. Religion, Torture and the Liberation of God explores the theological possibilities of a God who is a prisoner and a victim of torture. The book relocates God to the horrors of the military abuse of human rights in Chile and the systematic rape of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Aguilar argues that this theological exercise offers us new ways of understanding the abuse of power, whether it be the clerical abuse of children, violence against women, or homophobia. This examination of torture and rape becomes, through a theology of praxis and compliance, an examination of solidarity, love and affection. The book concludes with an exploration of the possibilities of a tortured God who liberates.
Religious Faith, Torture, and Our National Soul
Title | Religious Faith, Torture, and Our National Soul PDF eBook |
Author | David P. Gushee |
Publisher | Mercer University Press |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0881462039 |
Proceedings of a conference held Sept. 11-12, 2008 at Mercer University--Preface and Acknowledgements.
Tortured for Christ
Title | Tortured for Christ PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Wurmbrand |
Publisher | |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Christian biography |
ISBN | 9780882640013 |
Tortured for His Faith
Title | Tortured for His Faith PDF eBook |
Author | Haralan Popoff |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 1970-01 |
Genre | Convicts |
ISBN | 9780310312628 |
Haralan Popov was the pastor of one of the largest churches in Bulgaria. The Communist government imprisoned him for 15 years.
Theology, Liberation and Genocide
Title | Theology, Liberation and Genocide PDF eBook |
Author | Mario I. Aguilar |
Publisher | SCM Press |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2013-01-25 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0334048702 |
The Reclaiming Liberation Theology series claims that Liberation Theology is alive and well and continues to produce new and challenging material. In "Theology, Liberation and Genocide", Mario Aguilar, one of the leading liberation theologians of the current generation, asks how it can be possible to do theology in the face of atrocities such as the genocide in Rwanda. He argues that the traditional ways of doing theology ('high theology') no longer work and that theology now has to take place at the periphery rather than in the social, cultural and political centre. In this book, Aguilar seeks further to unfold the new agenda for liberation theology as set by Ivan Petrella and others.
Liberation Theology
Title | Liberation Theology PDF eBook |
Author | Robert McAfee Brown |
Publisher | Westminster John Knox Press |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
Liberation theology lends transforming power to both the study of the Bible and the Christian duty to work for justice for all God's people. Robert McAfee Brown's vivid prose brings to life heartwarming, terrifying, and humorous stories that show the strength and significance of this crucial development in religious faith. - Back cover.