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liberation theology

April 19, 2019

Getting the poor down from the cross

Occasionally, amongst all the information we read, something leaps out at us and seems especially meaningful. It can be a whole article, or just a phrase or a sentence.
June 3, 2018

Brazilian Anglicans’ ‘yes’ to marrying same-sex couples

The Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil has decided to open up church marriage to same-sex couples.
January 3, 2015

Moses, religion, liberation and tyranny

BBC Radio 4's 'Beyond Belief' series will look at the significance of the biblical story of Moses and Exodus for Jews, Christians and Muslims in a programme to be broadcast at 4.30pm on Monday 5 January 2015, featuring Ekklesia associate Keith Hebden among others.
January 14, 2014

Just Money: How society can break the despotic power of finance

The arrival of Ann Pettifor's latest book, 'Just Money: How society can break the despotic power of finance' is an important publishing moment, says Ekklesia co-director Simon Barrow. It unmasks the false ideologies of austerity and neoliberalism.
August 15, 2013

How we are addressed in silence (revisited)

Before any words we might speak, there is the silence with which we are addressed by God, says liberation theologian Gustavo Gutierrez.
March 12, 2013

Another church is possible: the example of Bishop Raúl Vera

BBC Newsnight finally offered a different perspective on the Catholic Church on the eve of the conclave to choose the next pope (11 March 2013), profiling a remarkable and inspirational Mexican bishop.
March 11, 2013

The next Pope, social change and liberation theology

It is widely assumed that the next pope, whoever it is, will be of a highly conservative disposition, because both Benedict XVI and John Paul II ensured that the College of Cardinals that now exists was shaped firmly in that direction.
April 6, 2011

Being fully and mindfully alive

Sometimes, as Pascale Palmer says in her moving blog article (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/14510), being caught in large chunks of the 24/7 media maelstrom for your professional life can be an enerv
February 21, 2011

New book shows Dalit theology's 'spirit of resistance'

Dalit theology in South Asia is now forging links with wider struggles for justice and freedom, according to a newly-published book.
December 7, 2010

Catholic bishop slams 'genocide in progress' of indigenous people

Catholic Bishop Erwin Kräutler has accepted the Right Livelihood Award, known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”, for his work defending the rights of Brazilian tribes.