Table of Contents
Series Foreword: Duffy Lectures in Global Christianity Catherine Cornille vii
Introduction: From Intellectus Fidei to Intellectus Amoris 1
1 From Projection to Source 11
The Arrival of the Gospel in South America 12
The Church of Vatican II and Latin American Theology 17
The Reception of the Second Vatican Council 19
A Local Setting: The Starting Point for a Global Project 21
Difficulties during the 1980s 24
A Theological Source of Many Good and New Things 33
2 The Poor as Subject and as Method 37
Who Are the Poor? 43
The Church of the Poor: A Concept with Remote Roots 46
"The Pact of the Catacombs" 49
The Poor: The Heart of a Reformed Theology 54
The Poor: Victims of Dehumanization, Beloved by God 58
The Poor: A Theocentric and Theological Question 61
Conclusion 66
3 Gender and Human Rights in Latin America 69
The Poor as the Cradle of Theological Work for Feminist and Liberation Theologies 70
Rethinking Theological Concepts from Women's Perspective 73
Taking Gender Perspective Seriously 76
Women and the Rights of the Body 79
Feminist Theology, Power, and Service: Time for Empowerment? 81
Conclusion 84
4 The Poor and the Earth 87
The Contribution of Leonardo Boff 91
Ecofeminism: A Fertile Synthesis between Ecology and Feminism 95
Creation as Passion and Compassion 98
Conclusion: The Poor as Masters and Protagonists of Ecology 99
5 A Theology in Dialogue with Other Traditions 101
Latin America: A Continent Full of Diversity 103
The Coming of the African Religions and the Difficulty of Dialogue 105
The Difficulties of Religious Pluralism and Liberation Theology 109
From Separation, through Dialogue, to Double (Multiple) Belonging 114
Conclusion 116
Conclusion: The Future of Latin American Theology 119
Index 125
