On Liberation Theology
Editors Note: In multiple articles Saturday and Monday, The Chicago Tribune has at great length avoided the fundamental inquiry into Black Liberation Theology. Here is a clear, pointed description from Theology Professor, Anthony Bradley, sorely missed from the Tribune article.
Black Liberation Is Marxist Liberation
Black Liberation Is Marxist Liberation
One of the pillars of Obama’s home church, Trinity United Church of Christ, is “economic parity.” On the website, Trinity claims that God is not pleased with “America’s economic mal-distribution.” Among all of controversial comments by Jeremiah Wright the idea of massive wealth redistribution is the most alarming. The code language “economic parity” and references to “mal-distribution” is nothing more than channeling the twisted economic views of Karl Marx. Black liberation theologians have explicitly stated a preference for Marxism as an ethical framework for the black church because Marxist thought is predicated on a system of oppressor class (whites) versus victim ... Read More...
