The Church as well as the State cannot continue to survive without adopting new policies and procedures to meet the changing environment in which they operate. However, I find it very distubing why some within the Roman Catholic Church does not want to accept change so that the word of God can be celebrated in all cultures around the world.
2006-10-02 19:53:39 · 11 answers · asked by TONY 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Acceptance by sacrificing their core values does not make it right. Its not about how many people there is in the faith but by how strongly the faith is in each person that follows RCC.
They consider their way right now is the best and to change it would be an insult to those that already believe in it.
I'm not taking their side. I;m not even christian.
2006-10-02 19:56:36 · answer #1 · answered by leikevy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're asking a loaded question. Without writing a thesis, I would say that many conservative theologians dislike and even distrust liberation theology because they believe it is "putting words in the scriptures' mouth," so to speak.
Anytime anyone reads scripture, she or he is reading it through the lens of his or her own culture, experience, and bias. Some people, therefore, find the treatment of women in the bible disgraceful while others try to read it in the light of the culture that wrote it. Liberation theology looks at scripture with a very specific slate, that of setting the captives free and bringing the downtrodden to power. I don't think there is anything wrong in such an interpretation - after all, Christians believe that the bible is still as relevant today as it was 1000 years ago - but I think that it can border on "bible quarterbacking" and miss the point.
What the church really truly needs, in answer to your statement, is to be a truly prophetic voice. This means it needs to speak up and speak out again injustice and follow up its words with action.
2006-10-02 20:00:28 · answer #2 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Catholic Church has been celebrating and teaching the word of God all over the world for centuries.
Liberal theology is based on the pet theories and wacko ideas of those who have long ago lost any appreciation of the true faith, or on what it is based.
Truth doesn't change, and God's truth is eternal.
Liberalism disregards this simple fact in order to placate the "feelings" of misguided men and women.
"I'm OK, you're OK" is not of God.
2006-10-02 23:06:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roman Catholic movement that originated in the late 20th century in Latin America and seeks to express religious faith by helping the poor and working for political and social change. It began in 1968, when bishops attending the Latin American Bishops' Conference in Medellín, Colom., affirmed the rights of the poor and asserted that industrialized nations were enriching themselves at the expense of the Third World. The movement's central text, A Theology of Liberation (1971), was written by the Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutiérrez (b. 1928). Liberation theologians have sometimes been criticized as purveyors of Marxism, and the Vatican has sought to curb their influence by appointing more conservative prelates.
2006-10-02 20:33:20 · answer #4 · answered by sue l 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liberation theology is theology from the viewpoint of the economically poor and oppressed of the human community.
Liberation theology explores the relationship between Christian, specifically Roman Catholic, theology and political activism, particularly in areas of social justice, poverty, and human rights.
Emphasis is placed on those parts of the Bible where Jesus' mission is described in terms of liberation, and as a bringer of justice.
In areas without a majority of economically poor and oppressed people like the United States, a liberation theology is not needed and is even eyed with suspicion.
With love in Christ.
2006-10-03 18:30:06 · answer #5 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a complicated topic, and you are welcome to view articles about liberation theology on the Vatican's website. A relevant one is here: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19840806_theology-liberation_en.html
To boil it down, liberation theology is political and presumes that an economically impoverished life equals a total life of impoverishment. It has implications with regard to political oppressors and those they oppress, economically speaking.
I believe--from what I recall reading about liberation theology on the Vatican's site--that to support liberation theology is to discount some of what Christ said. The Roman Catholic church believes that coming to offer liberation from sin, by dying on the cross, was Christ's purpose. The RCC also believes that if one is liberated through Christ, then one's life will be taken by God and used for his good purposes. God will provide what his people need to do what he intended them to do, as stated by Christ himself.
The RCC does not believe that "liberation" from earthly poverty will bring anything other than liberation from earthly poverty. That is, money does not equal Truth, and therefore adopting the theology of (economic) liberation puts trust, faith, and hope in something that does not provide Truth--i.e., money and goods.
I would suggest that you do some research. Seriously, I'm not saying this to be a jerk. There is just a whole lot of information, and many delicate points, regarding this topic...and it is hard to present them all fairly without writing an entire book.
2006-10-02 20:11:43 · answer #6 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-18 09:49:54 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evidently someone who takes faith very seriously and certainly given me something to think about
2006-10-02 20:21:08 · answer #8 · answered by william john l 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people and ideas chang but Jesus sacrifice does not. but saying that he came to dam the pharasies for their traditions. his word is far more important that man made rules
2006-10-02 20:34:04 · answer #9 · answered by Sam's 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sorry you god botherers get on my nerves - you take life so seriously.
2006-10-02 20:41:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋