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On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:49 AM, VC <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Part 9 of the CU course on Philosophy and Religion:***** > > * > **Liberation Theology***** > > > ****** > > ** ** > > *Philosophy and Religion* > > *Part 9 of 10***** > > ** ** > > **· ***Date**: *4 September 2013 (Wednesday)**** > > **· ***Time**:* 17h00 (to 18h30)**** > > **· ***Venue**: FAWU* *Office*, 5th Floor, Dr Neil Aggett House, > 90 President Street, Johannesburg**** > > **· ***Topic**: **Liberation Theology, 2006, Fr. Joe Falkiner and > the Boff > brothers<https://sites.google.com/site/cu2012courses2/18-philosophy-and-religion/18091%2CFalkinerplusLandCBoff%2CLiberationTheology%2C2006.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1>(attached) > ***** > > **· ***Course**: Philosophy and > Religion<https://sites.google.com/site/cu2012courses2/18-philosophy-and-religion> > ***** > > **· ***To download any of the CU courses in PDF files please click > here <https://sites.google.com/site/cu2012courses/>*.**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > ** ** > > *Liberation Theology* > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Criticism of religion was only a starting-point. **** > > ** ** > > The main business of Marxism is not the criticism of religion, but it is > the restoration of humanity to itself. Not so much from out of the clutches > of the religious clerics, but more so from the under the boots of the > bourgeoisie. **** > > ** ** > > The struggle began, not against religion, but within religion. And the > struggle continues within religion.**** > > ** ** > > So it came to pass that in the 1960s there arose, within and among the > ranks of the religious, a movement which had the same essential aims that > Marx had. This was Liberation Theology.**** > > ** ** > > They encouraged the formation of discussion groups among parishioners in > the slums and shantytowns, where real‐life situations could be reviewed. > They often used the educational methods of Paulo Friere. **** > > ** ** > > They encouraged the development of “people’s theology”, based on a double > foundation of Scripture and Real Life - equivalent to the typical CU > mixture of original revolutionary texts, together with present-day reports > and realities.**** > > ** ** > > Father Joe Falkiner relates:**** > > ** ** > > *“A certain priest, Father Nakanose, introduced a study of the scriptural > character King Josiah, described in the Second Book of Kings, chapters 22 & > 23. Josiah was believed by him to have been a ‘good guy’, as he had > reformed the Jewish religion at the time, and brought Israel back to the > worship of Yahweh, (the God of Moses the liberator). The group of people > taking part in the discussion however pointed out that Josiah was actually > an oppressor and a murderer, in that he slaughtered quite a number of rural > priests who had refused to follow his directives (2 Kings 23 v.20). They > started their own study of the biblical text and the social context of the > time, and came to the conclusion that Josiah was mainly motivated not by > his religious beliefs, but rather by his economic ideas. By turning > Jerusalem into a national shrine dedicated to Yahweh, (a shrine to which > people had to bring their offerings at Passover time), he was causing the > economic resources of the country to be moved from the agricultural areas > to the administrative centre, Jerusalem. Rural areas became economically > marginalised, while Jerusalem became rich. The people in the discussion > group were able to recognize this because of their own economic experiences > as poor people in a society with huge divisions between rich and poor, a > society controlled by a hegemony of the rich. Academic scripture scholars > from a middle‐class background had not noticed this.”* > > ** ** > > Father Joe describes how the Palestinian peasants had a continual struggle > (from the Exodus to the time of Christ) lasting 1200 years, from all forms > of oppression and economic exploitation. This is how the Liberation > Theologists understood the Old Testament.**** > > ** ** > > In the New Testament, according to Father Joe and the Liberation > Theologists, the Gospels portray Jesus as a different kind of Messiah, one > who takes on himself the life of a marginalised person, a wandering tramp, > with a charism for attracting the people at the bottom of society, > preaching a message that is good news for the poor. It was at the same time > a message of bad news for the rich and powerful.**** > > ** ** > > The Boffs describe the birth and life of Liberation Theology in a time > when:**** > > ** ** > > *“The end of the 1960s, with the crisis of populism and the > developmentalist model, brought the advent of a vigorous current of > sociological thinking, which unmasked the true causes of underdevelopment. > Development and underdevelopment are two sides of the same coin. All the > nations of the Western world were engaged in a vast process of development; > however, it was interdependent and unequal, organized in such a way that > the benefits flowed to the already developed countries of the ‘center’ and > the disadvantages were meted out to the historically backward and > underdeveloped countries of the ‘periphery.’ The poverty of Third World > countries was the price to be paid for the First World to be able to enjoy > the fruits of overabundance.”* > > ** ** > > ** ** > > **· ***See **also:* *Organic Intellectuals, 2005, McLaren and > Fischman<https://sites.google.com/site/cu2012courses2/18-philosophy-and-religion/18092%2CMcLarenandFischman%2COrganicIntellectuals%2C2005.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1> > ** (attached).***** > > ** ** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 8756 (20130902) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > -- > -- > You are subscribed. 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