Donald Macleod: Free Church liberation theologian?
Donald Macleod (1940-) has been called one of the two most important Scottish Reformed theologians of the twentieth century. This article shows that by the 1990s Macleod in his public theology consistently used language and concepts which were also trademarks of Latin American liberation theology. B...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2023
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 76, Issue: 4, Pages: 317-331 |
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Macleod, Donald 1940-2023
/ Liberation theology
/ Social ethics
/ Socialism
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society FD Contextual theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBF British Isles KDD Protestant Church NCC Social ethics |
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Free Church of Scotland
B Liberation Theology B Scottish Reformed Theology B land reform B Christian Socialism B Donald Macleod |
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| Summary: | Donald Macleod (1940-) has been called one of the two most important Scottish Reformed theologians of the twentieth century. This article shows that by the 1990s Macleod in his public theology consistently used language and concepts which were also trademarks of Latin American liberation theology. By comparing his work to the three mediations of liberation theology, I show it is possible to speak of Macleod as exhibiting a distinctive Scottish Reformed theology of liberation. I propose this connection should be understood through Macleod's constructive engagement with his own Scottish (and specifically Highland) Reformed tradition, whose interest in liberation carries surprising parallels with Latin American liberation theology. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930623000054 |