Theology Of Liberation Quotes

#1. John Paul II made it clear that ... liberation theology based on the teaching of Jesus Christ was necessary, but liberation theology that used a Marxist analysis was unacceptable.

Claudio Hummes

#2. I do remember seeing Godspell or Jesus Christ Superstar, one of those. It was a liberation theology venue. Anything radical seemed to be accepted there. I definitely picked up the idea there that you should question authority.

Ian MacKaye

#3. The ten thousand things flourish and then each returns to the root from which it came. Returning to the root is stillness. Through stillness each fulfils its destiny.

Laozi

#4. If there is no friendship with them [the poor] and no sharing of the life of the poor, then there is no authentic commitment to liberation, because love exists only among equals.

Gustavo Gutierrez

#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)

Mev Puleo

#6. The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

William, Saroyan

#7. Any theology that is indifferent to the theme of liberation is not Christian theology.

James H. Cone

#8. There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

George Gordon Byron

#9. You lay, a small knuckle on my white bed; lay, that fist like a snail, small and strong at my breast. Your lips are animals; you are fed with love. At first, hunger is not wrong.

Anne Sexton

#10. He could solve this, Vimes told himself. Everything he needed was there, if only he asked the right questions and thought the right way. But

Terry Pratchett

#11. And you'll return to real life. You need to live it to the fullest. No matter how shallow and dull things might get, this life is worth living. I guarantee it.

Haruki Murakami

#12. Great praxis demands great piety.

Sallie McFague

#13. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#14. My son, the Holy Church is on the right, but Jesus Christ was always on the left.

Isabel Allende