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Preferential Option for the Poor - Coggle Diagram
Preferential Option for the Poor
Aims
starting with action rather than belief (orthopraxy)
focusing on the experiences of the poor and interpreting Christianity as a response to poverty and other examples of exploitation and alienation
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overview
The phrase was established at a meeting for Liberation Theologians in Puebla in Mexico
It was aimed not at the poor themselves but at all Chrisitians who were in a position to help the disadvantaged, poor and oppressed in Latin America
It applied primarily to Church leaders and teachers, and others who were not poor.
These were people who could show solidarity with the poor and who had the means and influence to actually help them.
This meant that these people could become ‘poor’ with the poverty stricken and to cast off any ‘arrogance’ or ‘superiority’.
Motivations:
(Boff and Boff say there are 5
motivations for LT’s view on POP)
Ecclesiological motivation - all Christian members of the church should as a matter of faith and commitment, seek the transformation
of society
Apostolic motivation - God's judgment of the world will be based on whether a person has sided with the poor and seek justice for them
Theological motivation: the God of the Bible is alive and immanent in the world, involved in human history. God hears the cry of his people (Exodus) and seeks justice for them. When the Church imitates God, it must hear the cry of the poor and seek justice for them.
The Bible
In Luke 4:18, Jesus announced a kingdom that meant ‘good news to the poor’ and ‘freedom for the prisoners’, and to ‘set the oppressed people free’. 1. Explain what this means and how it relates to Liberation Theology. 2. Find 5 other Bible passages that present similar views to the passage above.
Jesus associated himself with outcasts and those on the margins of society: ‘Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ (Mt 25: 40)
Scholars
John Paul II
Juan Luis Segundo
Daniel Migliore
Jon sobrino