Mev Puleo Quotes

#1. Truly, I've learned more theology living in poor neighborhoods than in classrooms. At times I wonder if the questions of traditional theology have any meaning for the poor. And "the poor" here mean eighty percent of the population! (Ivone Gebara, p. 209)

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#2. The oppressor is truly repressed. Their poverty is existential, often surrounded by an abundance of material goods. (Leonardo Boff, p. 179)

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#3. I believe that theology is facing the abyss.
I must face the abyss, the abyss of existence, the abyss of mystery. (Rubem Alves, p. 189)

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#4. Jesus revealed a face of God that bothered society profoundly! (Carlos Mesters, p. 122)

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#5. So we speak of a Black God, Mother God, Worker God.
This de-mystifies what's been passed on to us! In our process of organization and liberation of our people, it's important to meet a God who is more like us. (Silvia Regina de Lima Silva, p. 105)

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#6. I don't tolerate politics that come from anger. I want a politics derived from beauty ... I don't admire politicians, but poets. (Rubem Alves, p. 189)

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#7. People say that God is a masculine adult who thinks. This is a machista view!
A child says, "God plays." God is in the child. (Leonardo Boff, p. 167)

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#8. First, people should open their eyes to see structural sin, which is the very existence of a First and Third World. As long as there's a First World, there won't be peace because there won't be justice or sharing. (Pedro Casaldaliga, p. 243)

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#9. I think both Protestants and Catholics have killed the woman for the sake of the mother. (Rubem Alves, p. 201)

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#10. I think all the politicians in Brazil use God. They always present themselves as the defenders of God. This is because power searches for its legitimation starting from God, religious legitimation. (Carlos Mesers, p. 123)

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#11. The U.S. will never be a free and happy nation while they continue to exploit and marginalize the Third World. The Third World will never be happy or free so long as there is a First World stuck in the mire of consumerism, alienation, indifference. (Clodovis Boff, p. 161)

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#12. Certainly, the wealth of the rich is a consequence of the poverty of the poor. (Lori Altmann, p. 85)

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#13. The moment I absolutize my view of things, I can't be enriched by anything. (Carlos Mesters, p 119).

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#14. Nonviolence isn't sitting back with your arms folded.
It is first recognizing that the very person who is your oppressor is also your brother or sister. One day he or she may stop being your oppressor, but they'll never stop being your brother or sister. (Jose Maria Pires, p. 225)

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#15. Theology alone doesn't convine anyone.
Only those words which are pregnant with action, theology that is born of suffering, of struggles, of the poor
this theology is a testimony. This theology leads to conversion. (Leonardo Boff, p. 169)

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