Liberation Theology and Salvation

Abstract

"The meaning of salvation in Liberation Theology is liberation for the poor and the oppressed. Is this an adequate definition of salvation? Can it be reasonably argued that Jesus' teaching about salvation meant only liberation for the poor and the oppressed? Have Liberation theologians proved Western theologians wrong when the latter talk of salvation as personal forgiveness of sins? In this article a critical look will be taken at the teachings of the Liberation theologians. An attempt will be made to come up with a true meaning of salvation, loyal to the teachings contained in scripture, and to people in their different situations whom God has placed in this world. In other words we are seeking to find the meaning of 'salvation' for the world of the 1980's"