Thesis (S.T.L.)--Catholic University of America, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-85).

[pt] A teologia de Karl Barth se caracteriza por afirmar o caráter fenomenal da manifestação de Deus na história. Ela só é verdadeiramente Palavra de Deus quando toca existencialmente o ser humano. É a palavra que acontece a cada instante levando o indivíduo a uma crise e consequentemente a uma tomada de posição. Ela acontece plenamente em Jesus Cristo, Aquele que propicia o encontro entre o eterno e o temporal. Neste trabalho o autor procurará mostrar a influência desta teologia nos teólogos latino-americanos especialmente naqueles pertencentes à Teologia da Libertação. O conceito barthiano de palavra como evento encontra sua correspondência na práxis histórica que privilegia a ação antes que a teoria. Barth trabalha com o método prática maior teoria maior prática. Ele parte da experiência e faz da teologia um segundo momento na prática eclesial. A partir daí retorna para a prática. Esse método encontra-se presente na metodologia teológica da América Latina. / [en] Karl Barth’s theology is characterized by the affirmation of the phenomenal character of the manifestation of God in history. It is only truly the Word of God when it touches the human being existentially. It’s the word that happens at each moment taking the individual to a crisis and, consequently, to take a position. It happens fully in Jesus Christ, the One who provides the meeting of the eternal and the temporal. In this work the author will try to show the influence of this theology in the Latin-American theologians, especially in those belonging to the Theology of Liberation. The barthian concept of the word as an event finds its equivalent in the historical praxis that gives privilege to the action over the theory. Barth works with method practice more theory more practice, starting from the experience and making theology a second moment in ecclesial practice, returning to practice from this point. This method is present in Latin America’s theological methodology.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T14:42:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ezequiel Westphal.pdf: 3069530 bytes, checksum: b6f4f26d8e448444cbe9c8a051c0fe44 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-02-28 / The Theology of Liberation develops its basis on a social and economic context of injustice and puts aside the social minorities. This status assumption in favor of the poor became known as “preferential option for the poor” and not only asigns the latin-american theology , but also identifies the Third World Church in a focus and place change, from which makes significant the systematization and the analytic understanding of its history. It will be given emphasis to the reflection concerning to the “power” category, in order to analyse the environment where occurs the shock among the social actors arround the interests in the relationships of the social field. The retaliations imposed to the Theology of Liberation and the political and economic changes, occurred in the last quart of the last century, cause paradigms crisis, not only in the political sphere but also in the theologic one. But the considerations concerning to the Archdiocese of Curitiba privilege the reflections about the questions of the national conjuncture and of the crisis in the institutional relationships that envolved historically the State and The Brazilian Church, relating them, at a local level, in the constitution of the diocese rule. The relationships of ecclesiastic power are analysed through the actions of the bishops, envolving local tensions as the formation of the cleric and the representation of the episcopal authority. The pastoral organization of the Archdiocese of Curitiba in the years 80’ and the beginning of the 1990 decade reflects the ecclesiastic power conjuncture concerning to the types, focus and the dynamics of the pastorals of the archdiocese, particularly the CEB’s and their relationships with the Theology of Liberation. It is necessary to look for decline reasons of the Theology of Liberation influence in the pastoral orientations of the Archdiocese of Curitiba, through quantitative research technics in the study of São Pedro Apóstolo (Saint Peter Apostle) Parish case in Curitiba, in order to analyse the complex relationships of power in the rupture of the speech unit and of the social representations. / A Teologia da Libertação constrói suas bases em um contexto socioeconômico de injustiça e marginalização das minorias sociais. Essa tomada de posição em favor do pobre tornou-se conhecida como “opção preferencial pelos pobres” e não só marca a teologia latino-americana, mas identifica a Igreja do Terceiro Mundo em uma mudança de foco e lugar, dos quais torna significativas a sistematização e a compreensão analítica da sua historicidade. Foi dada ênfase à reflexão sobre a categoria “poder”, no intuito de analisar o lugar em que ocorre o embate entre os atores sociais em torno de interesses nas relações do campo social. As represálias advindas à Teologia da Libertação e as mudanças político-econômicas, ocorridas no último quartel do século passado, ocasionam crise de paradigmas, não somente na esfera política, mas também teológica. As considerações sobre a Arquidiocese de Curitiba privilegiam reflexões sobre as questões da conjuntura nacional e da crise nas relações institucionais que envolviam historicamente o Estado e a Igreja no Brasil, relacionando-as, em nível local, com a constituição do governo da diocese. As relações de poder eclesiástico são analisadas pela ação dos bispos, envolvendo tensões locais como a formação do clero e a representação da autoridade episcopal. A organização pastoral da Arquidiocese de Curitiba, nos anos 80 e início da década de 1990, reflete a conjuntura de poder eclesiástico sobre os tipos, o foco e a dinâmica das pastorais arquidiocesanas, particularmente as CEB’s e sua relação com a Teologia da Libertação. Buscou-se compreender as razões do declínio da influência da Teologia da Libertação nas orientações pastorais da Arquidiocese de Curitiba, por meio de técnicas de pesquisa qualitativa no estudo de caso da Paróquia São Pedro Apóstolo, em Curitiba, no intuito de analisar as relações complexas de poder na ruptura da unidade do discurso e das representações sociais.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--George Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University, 1989. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-173).

Las iglesias luteranas de América Latina y El Caribe han participado desde el 2007 del Programa de Sustentabilidad. Este Programa fue una iniciativa del Departamento de Misión y Desarrollo de la Federación Luterana Mundial con el fin de reflexionar juntas sobre su sustentabilidad en busca de nuevos modelos de liderazgo. Este trabajo propone usar llaves hermenéuticas basadas en la Teología Feminista de la Liberación para pensar otros modelos de liderazgo y otros modelos eclesiásticos. El argumento central es que la utilización de la Teología Feminista de Liberación como lente de análisis del liderazgo de estas iglesias, permite entrever nuevas formas de interpretar las estructuras eclesiásticas que sean más participativas e inclusivas. La Teología Feminista de Liberación propone el espiral hermenéutico como método de análisis y desafía a mirar los modelos de iglesia en diálogo con la experiencia cotidiana de mujeres y otros grupos excluidos. Llama a concebir la iglesia como estructura relacional, como un espiral concéntrico y abierto, interconectado con todas las cosas. / The Lutheran churches in Latin America and the Caribbean have been participating since 2007 of the Sustainability Program. This Program was a result of the initiative of the Department of Mission and Development of the Lutheran World Federation with the main goal at together reflecting about their own sustainability. This paper proposes to use hermeneutical keys based on Feminist Liberation Theology to reflect about new ecclesiastical models and new models of leadership. The main argument is that using Feminist Liberation Theology as the lenses for the analysis of the leadership of those churches allows envisioning new ways of interpreting ecclesiastical structures that are more participatory and inclusive. Feminist Theology of Liberation proposes the hermeneutical spiral as method for analysis and challenges to look at the ecclesiastical models in dialog with the daily experiences of women and other excluded groups. It calls to understand the church as a relational structure, as a concentric spiral, always open, interconnected with all things.

This essay proposes that theology and philosophy are not mutually exclusive or at odds with one another methodologically, but in fact that religious categories are useful in philosophical analyses, and particularly when it comes to ethics. In this essay, I examine the theological concept of sin as it is expressed in Latin American Liberation Theology (over and against the more traditional understanding of sin in Western Christianity) as the domination of the Other and the oppression of the poor through geo-political systems of power. I explore the responses to this notion from the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church, as well as my own critiques in terms of theoretical integrity with particular regard to claims of universalism. The essay then proceeds into a synthesis of these criticisms through the work of Josiah Royce on Community and Loyalty in

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A decline in the number of vowed religious who teach and administer in Catholic high schools has placed the responsibility for transferring the founders’ Charism, the traditional mission and identity of the schools, in the hands of lay educators. This study examined how one Catholic independent single-sex high school established programs and methods to transfer the founders’ Charism to its lay educators and students in the areas of social justice, diversity, and social and political awareness. The researcher collected data about Charism transference by interviewing five adults selected as a purposive sample and conducting focus groups with 15 students selected on a nominative basis. Additional research included prolonged researcher emic observation and an analysis of school documents and archives; the data were codified and an emergent analysis of the data was performed. The analysis focused on social justice, diversity, and social and political awareness at the school. Informing the analysis were the theories of Catholic Social Teaching, critical pedagogy, and liberation theology. The emergent analysis identified that the school institutionalized the founders’ Charism, established an atmosphere of care for others in the areas of social justice and diversity, and promoted awareness of feminine identity and a sense of students as leaders, as well as an understanding of social justice and diversity issues. However, factors including social reproduction, social capital, cultural capital, and class complicated the transformational praxis of action in the areas of social justice and political and social awareness.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:47:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MARIANGELA RICARDO ALVES MOREIRA.pdf: 8844533 bytes, checksum: 5ef11238c80358febab14393153d5dc1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-12-20 / This dissertation research discusses Frei Bettos s history, his relationship with the Theology of Liberation, and his thoughts about a liberating religion as counter point to conservative religion. This research is divided into three chapters. The first one is a biographical survey about Frei Bettos s academic training, his involvement with social actions, and his relation with the Theology of Liberation. The second chapter is a review of Frei Betto s work, Letters from Prison and Baptism of Blood , highlighting his religious and sociological reading about the Brazilian reality of his time. The third chapter focuses on the differences between a conservative religion and a liberating one, their different ways of addressing social reality, giving emphasis to Frei Betto s concept of liberating religion, as a way of transformation and freedom. Finally, the conclusions call for the historical value of the Theology of Liberation, as a way to appreciate the human being as persons prepared to write their own history and intervene in a social reality of their time. / Esta dissertação pesquisa sobre a história de Frei Betto, sua relação com a Teologia da Libertação e seu pensamento sobre a religião libertadora como contra ponto à religião conservadora. Este estudo está dividido em três capítulos. No primeiro, fazse um levantamento biográfico apresentando sua formação acadêmica, envolvimento com os movimentos sociais e sua relação com a Teologia da Libertação. No segundo capítulo, faz-se a análise crítica em suas obras Cartas da Prisão e Batismo de Sangue, explicitando sua leitura religiosa e sociológica sobre a realidade brasileira de seu tempo. O terceiro capítulo aborda o que é uma religião conservadora e libertadora, seus modos diferentes de tratarem as realidades sociais, dando-se destaque ao conceito de Frei Betto sobre a religião libertadora como meio de transformação histórica e libertação. Por fim, na conclusão, afirma-se o valor histórico da Teologia da Libertação como meio de valorização do ser humano como ser vocacionado para escrever sua história e intervir na realidade social de seu tempo.

Revision of Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sheffield, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references and index.