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Article: Liberation theology and economic development. (Religious Foundations of Social Policy).
- Article from:
- The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
- Author:
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JAMES M. DAWSEY (*)
Introduction: Economic Disorder
LATIN AMERICAN LIBERATION theology has earned the world's admiration for its heroic stand on behalf of oppressed, marginalized people. But also, from its incipience around 1968, liberation theology has been surrounded by controversy because of its often-unabashed association with Marxist analysis. Today, twenty-five years of oversimplified economic rhetoric, especially concerning dependency theory, the recent disintegration of the Soviet bloc, and the loss of confidence in command economies, even in Cuba, have caused liberationists to re-evaluate the economic theories that underpin much of their ...