Publication Date
Summer 8-30-2008
Description
This paper critically examines the liberation theology of José Porfirio Miranda, as expressed in his Marx and the Bible (1971), with a focus on the central idea (and subtitle) of this work: the “Critique of the Philosophy of Oppression.” Miranda’s critique is examined via certain key tropes such as “power,” “justice,” and “freedom,” both in the context of late twentieth-century Latin American society, and in the state of the “post-Christian” and “post-Marxist” world more generally, vis-à-vis contemporary liberal justice theory. Close examination of the potentialities, paradoxes and subtle evasions in Miranda’s critique leads not to the conclusion that Miranda does not go far enough in his application of Christian principles to justice theory.
Journal
Journal of Religion & Society
Volume
10
First Page
1
Last Page
19
Department
Comparative Humanities
Link to Published Version
http://moses.creighton.edu/jrs/2008/2008-44.pdf
Recommended Citation
Shields, James. "Marx and the Bible: José Miranda’s Critique of the Philosophy of Oppression." Journal of Religion & Society (2008) : 1-19.
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