Liberation theology refers to the Catholic priests and nuns who
worked to protect the local people against the dictators who
controlled the governments, mostly in Latin America.
Not just Catholic. There were a number of mainline Protestants
denominations that bought into it.
Stewart -
Thanks for the clarification.
Although predominently Catholic, the Latin American countries have
moderate representation by a cross section of religious groups,
including Christian protestants, Jews, Muslims, Santería, Macumba,
Hindi, Buddhist, Baha'i, etc. The liberation theology is primarily
Christian, however conservative [not mainline] Catholics and
evangelicals are often in opposition, supporting the conservative
governments/opposition [incl. some wealthy landowners and foreign
corporations] working against the general [and indigenous] population,
as seen most recently in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador.
Betty
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