The Political Theology Of The Spanish State

of third world countries, liberation theology is a method of Catholic teaching in which people are liberated from their oppressors. Liberation theology’s roots stem in Latin America, where there was need for salvation and redemption of the faith. The 1960s were a time of worldwide human development, and even the Roman Catholic Church was involved. Without liberation theology, the church would have never seen a need for change and reformation. Liberation theology applies modern happenings to the religious

Bolivia is a country that has deep, entrenched, systematic racism at the core of its history. Constituting more than 60 percent of the populace, Bolivia has the largest indigenous population in the Western Hemisphere. Literally conquered by Spanish conquistadores, this indigenous population has been marginalized and discriminated against at every turn despite their majority status. Triggered by the election of South America’s first indigenous head of government, in the last decade landmark changes

indigenous religions. In order to combat religion’s influence on Latin American politics the anti-clericalism movement began in colonial times. Anti-clericalism is defined as the opposition to the clergy for its real or alleged influence in both political and social affairs (Britannica, 2009). It should be noted that although anti-clericalism is often associated with anti-Catholicism, anti-Christianity, anti-deism, irreligiosity, and atheism they are not the same. Butler (2009) noted that we could

Liberation Theology “But the poor person does not exist as an inescapable fact of destiny. His or her existence is not politically neutral, and it is not ethically innocent. The poor are a by-product of the system in which we live and for which we are responsible. They are marginalized by our social and cultural world. They are the oppressed, exploited proletariat, robbed of the fruit of their labor and despoiled of their humanity. Hence the poverty of the poor is not a call to generous relief action

Three main basic challenges existed in Europe, leading to the need for reform of the Western church: moral failings of the church – across all levels of leadership, uncertainty toward theology and knowledge as Byzantine influence worked its way westward, and political and economic contentions between the church, secular structures of power, and the people. Along with the need for reform came ripeness for change in the form of the printing press, movement away from Latin to national languages, growing

In the 1970’s a group of theologians gathered together with the goal of liberating themselves apart from the traditional fundamentalist scope. In this gathering they began the grass roots group, The Latin American Theology Fraternity, known as The International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. The hopeful group had a goal to remain distinctive within the fraternal order. There were allowed the opportunity to speak in front of a worldwide denominationally diverse congregation in where each deliberated

The Seventeenth Century would prove to be one of the most important eras in the shaping of the America. Both the English and the Spanish would vie for dominance of the uncharted continent with the establishment of colonies on American soil. The Spanish would try to colonize the American Southwest and the English, the Northeast. Indelibly, both cultures would leave their mark on the American landscape, especially within the context of religion and politics. Spain first set up an outpost in what

Menchú speaks of life for a vast majority of the indigenous population in Guatemala. She describes a life of extreme poverty plagued by violence, starvation, and socio-economic inequality. Her people have been systematically oppressed since the Spanish conquest of Guatemala and have been forced into a subservient position to an elite minority who controls the means of production. These elitists are a portion of a larger group that Menchú refers to as “ladinos.” A ladino is any Guatemalan who rejects

Rico (United States of America Territory or kind of Colony). The first and oldest child of Puertorrican mother and immigrant catholic Mexican father. Even though I am the "second” of 6 children of my father and a younger sister from my mother side. In between of this complexity and my Christian leaders’ family, my opinion on family decisions is important, my advice in different matters and I am valued for the oldest I am. My social position as middle class defines my life as a Spanish-Latino educated

children and the rest of the descendants. Silverblatt’s Modern Inquisitions states that, “Spanish gender norms decried women’s participation in Andean public life and denounced their fatal attraction to Satan and heresy.” (2004 p. 193) By doing so, the Spanish destroyed the previous elements of equality found between males and females in the Andean culture. Silverblatt later continues by saying, “The gendered institutions of Spanish colonialism systematically eroded the life possibilities of most Andean