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Liberation Theology and the Thought of William Temple: A Discussion of Possibilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2009

J. L. Campbell
J. L. Campbell
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Liberation Theology provides a framework of principles through which we can understand God's action in the world. To say that God liberates humanity from enslavement is a way of highlighting one aspect of what it means to say that he loves and cares for us. We, for our part, have to bridge the gap between the theological framework and action. We do this through ethical and political reflection. We recognize God at work liberating humanity, and we respond to that recognition by wanting to share in the work. But, we still have to decide what this particular liberation means, and what are the best, or least evil, ways of attaining it within a particular historical set of circumstances.

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Research Article
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Scottish Journal of Theology , Volume 42 , Issue 4 , November 1989 , pp. 513 - 539
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Copyright © Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 1989

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