"I do not think there are any issues on the theological and human scene more important than the ones liberation theologians are raising," says this author. In this book he explores how we can respond to them without condescension, arrogance, or co-optation. He surveys in detail the kind of challenges to North American Christians issued by South American theologians. He then calls upon the church to work to make itself what it ought to be and to take sides politically in support of human rights.

Robert McAfee Brown is Professor Emeritus of Theology and Ethics at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California

Foreword	p. 11
Established Harmonies: A Diminished Seventh in Need of Resolution (The Possibility of a New Direction)	p. 19
Established Harmonies	p. 20
The Diminished Seventh	p. 22
Resolving the Diminished Seventh	p. 23
Continuity or Discontinuity?	p. 26
Entertaining the Notion of a New Key: A Roman Catholic Journey	p. 27
Anticipations of a New Key: A Protestant/Orthodox Journey	p. 35
The Possibility of Attentiveness to Theology in a New Key	p. 48
A Challenge to the Established Harmonies: "The View from Below" (Liberation as a New/Old Note)	p. 50
A Geographical Historical Excursion: From Medellin 1968 to Santiago 1972	p. 52
Characteristics of "The View from Below"	p. 60
A Different Starting Point: The Poor	p. 60
A Different Interlocutor: The Nonperson	p. 62
A Different Set of Tools: The Social Sciences	p. 64
A Different Analysis: The Reality of Conflict	p. 67
A Different Mode of Engagement: Praxis	p. 70
A Different Theology: The "Second Act"	p. 72
A Note Still to Be Sounded	p. 74
The Melodic Stridency of Scripture: Marx, Luke, and John (From a Hermeneutic of Suspicion to a Hermeneutic of Engagement)	p. 75
The Beneficial Effects of Stridency	p. 76
Recognizing Our "Ideological Captivity"	p. 77
"Hermeneutical Suspicion"	p. 80
"Hermeneutical Circulation"	p. 85
A Hermeneutic of Hope	p. 88
The God Who Takes Sides	p. 88
"To Know God Is to Do Justice"	p. 90
The True Worship	p. 92
Liberty to the Oppressed	p. 94
The Judgment of the Nations	p. 95
A Hermeneutic of Engagement	p. 97
Chords of Discord: A Twelve-Tone Scale of Sorts (A Critique of Critiques: Pros and Cons, Sharps and Flats)	p. 101
An Eightfold Sequence of Critiques	p. 102
Defensive Critiques	p. 103
Total Rejection Critiques	p. 104
Oversimplified Critiques	p. 106
Pseudo-Issue Critiques	p. 110
Reductionist Critiques	p. 114
Methodological Critiques	p. 118
Co-optation Critiques	p. 123
Dialogical Critiques	p. 127
From Critiques to Creative Appropriation	p. 131
"How Shall We Sing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land?": Discovering the Word of God for Us (What Can We Learn from Elsewhere for Our Situation?)	p. 132
Rehearing "the Lord's Song"--A Threat and a Challenge	p. 133
Resinging Our Own Song--A More Ample Orchestration	p. 135
Rewriting Our Christian Song--Attention to Neglected Themes	p. 138
Redirecting Our North American Song--A New Kind of National Anthem	p. 143
Reorganizing Our Chorus--A Search for New Alliances	p. 146
Two Cheers for the Church: A Not-Quite Hallelujah Chorus (Is There Still a Role for the Church?)	p. 155
Scenarios for the Future	p. 156
Images for the Future	p. 158
The Remnant Within the Remnant	p. 158
The Abrahamic Minority	p. 160
The Freedom of the Anti-Chameleon	p. 161
Beyond Sloganeering: Can We Enter Into "Solidarity with the Oppressed"?	p. 162
Denunciation and Annunciation	p. 163
Acts of Solidarity Within the Community	p. 165
Hearing the Voice of the Voiceless	p. 172
Taking Sides ... Politically	p. 175
A Theology of "Letting Go"	p. 179
Two Cheers for the Church	p. 182
First Cheer: Liturgy Can Be Enabling	p. 182
Second Cheer: The Global Family Already Exists	p. 186
The Last Word: The Primacy of Act	p. 187
Notes	p. 189
Annotated Bibliography	p. 199
Index of Names	p. 209
Index of Scripture Passages	p. 212
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