How to Use liberation theology in a Sentence

liberation theology

noun

• The group was founded in 1964 by students inspired by the Cuban revolution and Catholic priests steeped in liberation theology.
  — Maximo Anderson, Bloomberg.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• Gates considers how Black liberation theology seeks to free people of color from social injustice on earth, rather than in the afterlife.
  — Natasha Gural, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• The pope has gone on record against liberation theology for decades, criticizing the blending of church theology with politics.
  — Fox News, 2 July 2022
• The central battle was over the liberation theology movement in Latin America.
  — Rachel Donadio, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
• As committed Christians, they were steeped in black liberation theology.
  — David Montgomery, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2019
• One of the Jesuits, Father Ignacio Ellacuría, was a vocal advocate of liberation theology.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2023
• Harris frequently cited the New Testament parable of the Good Samaritan and liberation theology during speeches and campaign stops.
  — Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2019
• Their thinking on social justice has underpinned the theory and practice of liberation theology.
  — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 26 May 2018
• In other speeches, Harris has invoked liberation theology, the strain of Christian thought that emphasizes social concern for the poor and political liberation for oppressed peoples.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020
• Roundtables on topics from Black liberation theology to transgender identity are common, proposed by an active contingent of nearly 100 young adult members.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2022
• Rather, Curry was drawing on the rhetoric of liberation theology — a 20th century theological tradition inspired by Marxist thought — to characterize love as a necessary, chaotic, and political force.
  — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 20 May 2018
• As an opponent of the military’s authoritarian rule, Cardinal Hummes became associated with proponents of liberation theology, a social justice movement within the Catholic Church.
  — New York Times, 13 July 2022
• Feminism, social justice, racial equality -- all these things resulted from liberal biblical criticism and liberation theology.
  — Diana Butler Bass, CNN, 17 June 2021

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