INTRODUCTION TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION xiii
INTRODUCTION TO THE REVISED EDITION:
EXPANDING THE VIEW xvii
Part 1
THEOLOGY AND LIBERATION
1. THEOLOGY: A CRITICAL REFLECTION 3
The Classical Tasks of Theology 4
Theology as Critical Reflection on Praxis 5
Conclusion 11
2. LIBERATION AND DEVELOPMENT 13
The Concept of Development 14
The Process of Liberation 15
Conclusion 24
Part 2
POSING THE PROBLEM
3. THE PROBLEM 29
4. DIFFERENT RESPONSES 34
The Christendom Mentality 34
New Christendom 35
The Distinction of Planes 36
5. CRISIS OF THE DISTINCTION OF PLANES MODEL 39
The Pastoral Level 39
The Level of Theological Reflection 41
Part 3
THE OPTION BEFORE THE
LATIN AMERICAN CHURCH
6. THE PROCESS OF LIBERATION IN LATIN AMERICA 49
A New Awareness of the Latin American Reality 49
The Liberation Movement 54
7. THE CHURCH IN THE PROCESS OF LIBERATION 58
The Commitment of Christians 59
Statements and Attempts at Reflection 63
8. STATEMENT OF THE QUESTIONS 72
Part 4
PERSPECTIVES
SECTION ONE FAITH AND THE NEW HUMANITY 81
9. LIBERATION AND SALVATION 83
Salvation: Central Theme of the Christian Mystery 83
History is One 86
Christ and Integral Liberation 97
10. ENCOUNTERING GOD IN HISTORY 106
Humanity: Temple of God 106
Conversion to the Neighbor 110
A Spirituality of Liberation 116
11. ESCHATOLOGY AND POLITICS 121
To Account for the Hope 123
The Political Dimension of the Gospel 126
Faith, Utopia, and Political Action 135
SECTION TWO THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY AND
THE NEW SOCIETY 141
12. THE CHURCH: SACRAMENT OF HISTORY 143
Universal Sacrament of Salvation 143
Eucharist and Human Fellowship 148
13. POVERTY: SOLIDARITY AND PROTEST 162
Ambiguities in the Term "Poverty" 163
Biblical Meaning of Poverty 165
An Attempt at Synthesis: Solidarity and Protest 171
CONCLUSION 174
NOTES 175
INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES 257
GENERAL INDEX 261
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