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Key Issues for Liberation Theology Today: Intercultural Gender Theology, Controversial Dialogues on Gender and Theology between Women and Men, and Human Rights

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The Reemergence of Liberation Theologies

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The following reflections on key issues of liberation theology today arose when I came back to Germany in 2009 after having lived and taught in Buenos Aires, Argentina, since 2005. I had many questions: What does liberation theology mean for me now, being back in Europe? What did I learn in Latin America? In which way have my perspectives changed?

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Walz, H. (2013). Key Issues for Liberation Theology Today: Intercultural Gender Theology, Controversial Dialogues on Gender and Theology between Women and Men, and Human Rights. In: Cooper, T. (eds) The Reemergence of Liberation Theologies. New Approaches to Religion and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137311825_11

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