KA ТЕОЛОГИЈИ ОСЛОБОЂЕЊА
ТOWARD LIBERATION THEOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: Liberation theology is a movement emerged on the territory of Latin America within the Catholic Church. As a system of ideas the first time it appears in a period of great social changes of the sixties and seventies of the XX century, in the time ecclesiological debates (Vatican II) and political unrest (many revolutions). Liberation theology is a cry to God for centuries oppressed man by the colonizers, imperialists and capitalists. In short it is a reflection of the efforts of the poor, which together with its allies, seeking in Christianity and the gospel inspiration for action against poverty and for the complete liberation of mankind. Although liberation theology, Vatican condemned and contested and although largely colored by Marxist ideas that tend to consolidate Marxism and Christianity, it has experienced a very strong reputation and numerous supporters, has spread around the world and gained numerous strongholds even in high ecclesiastical structures and carried out great impact on many popular movements and communities who struggle for the rights of the inhabitants of the Third World, the natives, the poor, the miserable, the oppressed and those that society rejects.

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