Latin American Liberation Theology as a Decolonial Project? Considering the Theological Approaches of Clodovis Boff and Ignacio Ellacuría
SMC Affiliated Work
1
Status
Faculty
School
School of Liberal Arts
Department
Theology and Religious Studies
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Publication / Conference / Sponsorship
Louvain Studies
Description/Abstract
Although decolonial theorists doubt that liberation theologians have escaped Eurocentered knowledge frameworks, Ignacio Ellacuría has developed a theological approach that moves beyond Eurocentric criteria by uncovering the world of the poor as a formal object of theology and as the primary locus from which to speak about God. Ellacuría resists a tendency to develop an epistemology of liberation theology in reference to the criteria of theology as a discipline, as Clodovis Boff’s theological method does, and instead articulates a theological approach in light of the human experience of the encounter with God.
DOI
10.2143/LS.39.3.3170047
Volume
39
Issue
3
First Page
218
Last Page
239
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Religion | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Original Citation
Drexler-Dreis, Joseph. “Latin American Liberation Theology as a Decolonial Project? Considering the Theological Approaches of Clodovis Boff and Ignacio Ellacuría,” Louvain Studies 39, no. 3 (2016): 218-39. http://www.doi.org/10.2143/LS.39.3.3170047
Repository Citation
Drexler-Dreis, Joseph. Latin American Liberation Theology as a Decolonial Project? Considering the Theological Approaches of Clodovis Boff and Ignacio Ellacuría (2016). Louvain Studies. 39 (3), 218-239. 10.2143/LS.39.3.3170047 [article]. https://digitalcommons.stmarys-ca.edu/school-liberal-arts-faculty-works/1078
