2c. Content of Developments in Christian thought (H573/03) - 6. Challenges - Liberation Theology and Marx — OCR A-Level Religious Studies
2c. Content of Developments in Christian thought (H573/03) - 6. Challenges - Liberation Theology and Marx explained
2c. Content of Developments in Christian thought (H573/03) - 6.
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Challenges - Liberation Theology and Marx covers 9 specification points, including Marx’s teaching on alienation and… and Alienation occurs when humans are dehumanised…. Open a point below for its explanation and revision guidance.
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- The relationship of liberation theology and Marx, including: Marx’s teaching on alienation and exploitation; liberation theology’s use of Marx to analyse social sin; liberation theology’s teaching on the ‘preferential option for the poor’
- alienation occurs when humans are dehumanised and unable to live fulfilling lives
- exploitation occurs when humans are treated as objects and used as a means to an end
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- liberation theology’s use of Marxist analysis to analyse the deeper or ‘structural’ causes of social sin that have resulted in poverty, violence and injustice, including: capitalism; institutions (for example schools, churches, the state)
- the view that the Gospel demands that Christians must give priority to the poor and act in solidarity with them, including implications of this: placing right action (orthopraxis) before official Church teaching (orthodoxy)
- whether or not Christian theology should engage with atheist secular ideologies
- whether or not Christianity tackles social issues more effectively than than Marxism
- whether or not liberation theology has engaged with Marxism fully enough
- whether or not it is right for Christians to prioritise one group over another