RT Article
T1 Christ's Presence in the Poor and the Church: A Traditionalist Liberation Theology
JF Pro ecclesia
VO 28
IS 3
SP 320
OP 332
A1 McCullough, Ross 1984-
LA English
PB Sage Publishing
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1679467689
AB This paper argues that central claims about the poor in liberation theology do not displace traditional claims about the centrality of the Church but are a natural outworking of them. Christ is present in the poor first in the sense that Christ is present prior to and as preparation for justification, working to overcome our infirmities; Christ is present second in the sense that the poor are God's special instrument of salvation. Neither manner of being present relies on the rethinking of nature and grace in the 20th century that is sometimes made foundational to liberation theology, suggesting that at least some of its central claims could survive translation to other conceptions.
K1 Jon Sobrino
K1 Ecclesiology
K1 Liberation Theology
K1 nature and grace
K1 Solidarity
DO 10.1177/1063851219846682