As part of the 'Reclaiming Liberation Theology' series, Petrella in ’Beyond Liberation Theology’ presents the global socio-economic context within which Liberation Theologians work. This book argues that at the heart of social abandonment is idolatry, and that we do not live in a secular world anymore but an idolatrous one. It believes that poor blacks suffer more than middle class blacks, and that poor women suffer more than middle class women. He goes beyond the norm by treating or the liberation theologies together instead of treating them separately, he develops a framework that tackles Latin American, Black, Womanist, Hispanic/Latino(a) theologies together, placing poverty at the forefront of concern.

Contents:

Acknowledgements
Series Editor’s Preface

Introduction

1. The Global Material Context of the Liberation Theologian: The Poverty of the Majority
2. The Material Context of the US Liberation Theologian: Poverty in the Midst of Plenty
3. The Theological Context of the Liberation Theologians: The Failure of Liberation Theologians

4. Beyond Liberation Theology

   Coda
   Afterward

   Select Bibliography
   Index of Names and Subjects.

   Ivan Petrella is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Miami.