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Liberation theology and sexuality / edited by Marcella Althaus-Reid. - Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2006. - 1 online resource (x, 192 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; The Contributors; Introduction; 1 'Let Them Talk ...!' Doing Liberation Theology from Latin American Closets; 2 Once Again Liberating Theology? Towards a Latin American Liberation Theological Self-Criticism; 3 Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: The Making Over of Liberation Theology, A Queer Discursive Approach; 4 Oh, Que Sera, Que Sera ... A Limping A/Theological Thought in Brazil; 5 Commodity Aesthetics and the Erotics of Relationship: Challenges of Feminist Hermeneutics of Liberation to Market Aesthetics.

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, globalisation and new forms of popular religiosity.

ISBN: 9780754682363 0754682366

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Liberation theology--Latin America.
Homosexualité--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Théologie de la libération--Amérique latine.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Liberation.
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity
Liberation theology
Theologie der Befreiung
Homosexualität
Bevrijdingstheologie.
Seksualiteit.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Latin America
Latijns-Amerika.

LC Class. No.: BR115.H6 / L49 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 230/.046408664