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After 50 years, 'liberation theology' is still reshaping Catholicism and politics – but what is it?

  • Written by Leo Guardado, Assistant Professor of Theology, Fordham University
imageA woman prays in front of a statue of the martyred Catholic archbishop of El Salvador, Oscar Romero, known for his embrace of liberation theology.Vlady Chicas/picture alliance via Getty Images

It isn’t often that theology makes headlines. But for the past 50 years, a way of thinking about God and poverty has been doing just that: liberation...

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