‘Christians Should Take Poverty and Justice Seriously’ (Interview with Leonardo Boff)

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SAN SALVADOR, Mar 26 (IPS) - ... LEONARDO BOFF: ... Liberation theology is present wherever the churches take poverty and justice seriously.

The movement began with the experience of listening to marginalised people: the poor, indigenous people, Afro-descendants and women, and it is still as relevant as it was decades ago, because the poor are still crying out to God to hear them. A gospel that does not lead to liberation is no gospel at all.

I don’t care about criticism from the powerful of the world and from the Church. What I care about is that there are Christians who take the issue of justice seriously.

Liberation theology has not made poor people an object of reflection. It has walked with them, and shared the same persecutions, slanders, tortures and murders that they suffer. A theologian has one foot in extreme poverty and the other foot in reflection, and by walking on both, arrives at liberation. ...

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