"Liberation Theology and Sexuality" is a book about 'doing Liberation Theology in Latin America' in the Twenty First Century. The style of doing theology remains the same, but this book reflects the work of a new generation of liberation theologians developing a theology that offers a wider and more complex critique of reality, with new perspectives on issues of sexuality, race, gender, culture, globalization and new forms of popular religiosity. "Liberation Theology and Sexuality" shows how Christianity in Latin America needs to take into account issues concerning sexuality and poverty, together with traditional religiosity and culture when reflecting on the construction of Christian faith and identity in the continent. For the first time, "Liberation Theology and Sexuality" presents a unique combination of Latin American theologians from more than one generation, reflecting on depth on the ongoing project of the liberation of theology from economic and sexual oppressions in the continent.
Author(s): Marcella Althaus-Reid
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 203
Contents......Page 6
The Contributors......Page 9
Introduction......Page 12
Let Them Talk . . . ! Doing Liberation Theology from Latin American Closets......Page 16
Once Again Liberating Theology? Towards a Latin American Liberation Theological Self-Criticism......Page 30
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: The Making Over of Liberation Theology, A Queer Discursive Approach......Page 44
A Limping A/Theological Thought in Brazil......Page 62
Commodity Aesthetics and the Erotics of Relationship: Challenges of Feminist Hermeneutics of Liberation to Market Aesthetics......Page 82
The Prostitutes Also Go into the Kingdom of God: A Queer Reading of Mary of Magdala......Page 92
Liberation Theology, Modernity and Sexual Difference......Page 122
Liberating Mary, Liberating the Poor......Page 134
Seriously Harmful For Your Health? Religion, Feminism and Sexuality in Latin America......Page 148
Worship and the Excluded......Page 174
Love in Times of Dictatorships: Memoirs from a Gay Minister from Buenos Aires......Page 190
Index......Page 200
