Br. Ken Homan, SJ, joins David to discuss their recently published article, "Community Organizing and the Call of the King." Article: https://www.pdcnet.org/jcathsoc/content/jcathsoc_2024_0021_0002_0307_0324 Spiritual Exercise: https://www.academia.edu/126445163/The_Call_of_the_King_Exercise_from_Community_Organizing_and_the_Call_of_the_King_ Music: "Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins "Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake Obtained via subscription to Audio Network...
Mar 06, 2025•38 min•Ep. 37
Faiz Abimanyu Wiguna recounts the life of the philosopher, activist, and mystic Simone Weil. He presents his thesis, which offers a liberationist perspective on the rosary through Simone Weil's practice of attention.
Nov 11, 2024•55 min•Ep. 36
What led Faiz Abimanyu Wiguna to liberationist Catholicism? Faiz tells his story as well as that of politics and religion in Indonesia. Music: "Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins Obtained via subscription to Audio Network
Sep 16, 2024•41 min•Ep. 35
On this bonus episode, the Liberation Theology Podcast partners with the Word in Black and Red Podcast. It's a co-released introduction to liberation theology. We discuss the meaning of liberation theology, its varieties, its methods, some key concepts, and several misconceptions. The Word in Black and Red: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-word-in-black-and-red/id1682991552 Music: "Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins Obtained via subscription to Audio Network...
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 34
To what extent and how was Jesus' message political? David discusses Juan Hernández Pico's response to this question. Then, David interviews the education professor James D. Kirylo, who has written a recent book, The Catholic Teacher , with significant influences from liberation theology and critical pedagogy. Resources: No sea así entre ustedes by Juan Hernández Pico https://archive.org/details/noseaasientreust0000hern The Catholic Teacher by James D. Kirylo https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/cathol...
Jul 22, 2024•58 min•Ep. 33
Liberation theology constitutes not only a rupture from Church tradition but also a creative development of this tradition. David investigates the ways that Latin American liberation theologians draw support from, and sometimes critique, the Church Fathers. Resources: Mysterium liberationis https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html La foi en Jésus-Christ by Jon Sobrino https://www.editionsducerf.fr/librairie/livre/3297/la-foi-en-jesus-christ Music: "Los molinos" by Adam Drake and To...
May 13, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 32
Pedro Trigo, SJ, helps us answer three key questions about creation and the material world. How to believe in a God of life in a situation marked by death? How to live with God when it is demanded of us to bear the mark of the beast? What is the relationship between humanity and nature? Resources: Mysterium liberationis https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html Music: "Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins "Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake Obtained via subscriptio...
Jan 15, 2024•34 min•Ep. 31
Ecumenical theologian and author Stephen D. Morrison joins David to discuss common objections to liberation theology and to present a patristic, anti-capitalist Christianity. Isn’t Christianity about a change of heart and a personal relationship with God? Why turn religion into economics and politics? It’s true that early Christians abolished private property and shared their possessions, but this model did not last long because it was unrealistic. Human beings are fallen and selfish. Capitalism...
Nov 20, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 30
Laurel Marshall Potter and David Inczauskis present, critique, and share personal intercultural experiences related to the content of Paulo Suess' Mysterium Liberationis chapter on inculturation. How have the Catholic sacraments been abused in the process of Latin America's colonization? To what extent can we arrive at an understanding of Jesus' culture and relate it to today's cultural milieu? How have Latin American countries constructed national cultural identity, and who is marginalized in t...
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 29
Revolutionary force does not emerge from a blank slate, from a level playing field. It is a response to systemic injustice, to repression, to a state of affairs that kills, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. Drawing from Juan Hernández Pico's ML chapter, David looks at the historical, biblical, and ecclesial sources of a liberationist approach to violence. To conclude, David presents a few key points from "Teaching Methods for Liberation: Practical Insights from Liberation Theology." Resources...
Jul 17, 2023•27 min•Ep. 28
Dr. Michael E. Lee joins the podcast for the first time to discuss Ignacio Ellacuría's essay "The Crucified People" in Mysterium Liberationis . The discussion covers the story of Prof. Lee's engagement with Ellacuría; the relationship among the crucifixion of contemporary people in Latin America, the crucifixion of Jesus, and salvation; the debate surrounding this landmark text; and Ellacuría's use of Karl Marx. Resources: Ignacio Ellacuría: Essays on History, Liberation, and Salvation edited by...
May 15, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 27
María Soledad del Villar Tagle returns to speak about some of the European roots of Gutiérrez' liberation theology in the French nouvelle théologie movement. David shares the varied responses of two German theologians, Moltmann and Metz, to liberation theology, and concludes with a positive assessment of the compatibility of Catholicism and socialism as well as a refutation of the alleged natural right to private property. Resources: "The European Roots of A Theology of Liberation : Gustavo Guti...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 26
The Spanish-to-English translator of St. Oscar Romero's diary, Dr. Irene B. Hodgson of Xavier University, joins David to discuss the archbishop's inspirational life and his understanding of his role as an ordained minister. Then, David presents three theses on ministry in the church based on José María Castillo's chapter in "Mysterium Liberationis." Main texts: A Shepherd's Diary by Oscar Romero, translated by Irene B. Hodgson https://www.amazon.com/Archbishop-Oscar-Romero-Shepherds-Diary/dp/086...
Jan 16, 2023•44 min•Ep. 25
David presents and assesses three perspectives on the relation between ideology and Christianity from the French Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser, the German theologian Karl Rahner, SJ, and the Spanish-born Salvadoran philosopher and theologian Ignacio Ellacuría, SJ. Main texts: "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses" (1970) by Louis Althusser https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm "Is Christianity an ideology?" (1965) by Karl Rahner https://concilium-vati...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 24
What exactly is ideology? How does liberation theology respond to critics who claim that liberation theology itself is ideological? And how does liberation theology engage with the prominent ideologies of our day? Main text: Mysterium liberationis https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html Secondary texts: Composer un monde en commun: Une théologie politique de l'anthropocène by Gaël Giraud https://www.decitre.fr/livres/composer-un-monde-en-commun-9782021474404.html "Socialism and th...
Sep 19, 2022•45 min•Ep. 23
Jesuit scholar and priest Anthony Lusvardi introduces the sacraments as the ecclesial preservation of the embodied graces of Jesus' earthly presence and as the primary way that most Catholics engage with God and the Church. David interprets Víctor Codina's chapter on the sacraments, situates them within the project of the reign of God, and describes the sense in which liturgy should be "ugly and scandalous." Tony's website: https://tonylusvardisj.com/ Text: Mysterium liberationis https://www.orb...
Jul 18, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 22
Though many consider "evangelization" to be converting others to Christianity, in liberation theology, "evangelization" means more than sharing a creed: it means bringing glad tidings to the poor--as Jesus himself defined it. It means seeing the suffering of the oppressed, feeling compassion, and acting smartly to alleviate their present pain as well as uprooting the unjust systemic factors that produced it. Texts: Mysterium liberationis https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html Mus...
May 16, 2022•44 min•Ep. 21
John Thiede, SJ, joins David to discuss liberation Christology. How have liberation theologians thought about Christ, and what difference does a liberationist understanding of Christ make in Latin America? Texts: Mysterium liberationis https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html Remembering Oscar Romero and the Martyrs of El Salvador: A Cloud of Witnesses by John Thiede, SJ https://www.amazon.com/-/es/John-Thiede-SJ/dp/1498537987 Music: "Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins "Azu...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 20
Leonardo Boff shows how the Trinity serves as a model for a just society and how heresies against the Trinity reflect and reinforce various kinds of social oppression. David shares highlights from an interview with Chema Tojeira, SJ, on Nayib Bukele and El Salvador's crypto-financialization. Texts: Mysterium liberationis https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html " El Salvador’s president made Bitcoin a national currency. A Jesuit says the project reminds him of ‘the seven deadly sin...
Feb 07, 2022•48 min•Ep. 19
God is not a single person but a community of three equal persons. So, as the Orthodox socialists of Russia would say, "The Trinity should be our social program." We examine the first half of Leonardo Boff's essay on the Trinity alongside commentary by Ismael Moreno, SJ, on the presidential victory of the social democrat Xiomara Castro in Honduras. Texts: Mysterium liberationis https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html " Jesuit Fr. Melo on the presidential victory of Xiomara Castro ...
Jan 24, 2022•46 min•Ep. 18
Why did the Salvadoran military assassinate Ignacio Ellacuría, SJ, and his companions on Nov. 16, 1989? Ellacuría openly and emphatically emphasized this subversive dimension of the Christian faith. He claimed that Latin America is searching for “revolutionary change rather than reformist change” and that Christianity exhibits a “subversive dynamism,” which, though running the risk of Marxist co-option, can propel revolution against “the demands of capital.” A continued interpretation of Juan Lu...
Nov 15, 2021•42 min•Ep. 17
We return to "Mysterium Liberationis" and interpret Juan Luis Segundo SJ's essay "Revelation, Faith, Signs of the Times." Despite the order of the elements in the title, historically speaking, humans face the signs of the times, bet with faith on a way of addressing them, and come to understand this way as revelation (or not) according to its fruits. David shares two personal narratives to illustrate Segundo's points. Music: "Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins "Azure Sky" by Terry Devine...
Nov 01, 2021•35 min•Ep. 16
Guest María Soledad del Villar Tagle and David discuss the church from the intersecting angles of feminism, liberation, Chile, personal experience, and clerical sexual abuse. Sole's work: Academia.edu https://bc.academia.edu/Mar%C3%ADaSoledadDelVillarTagle Las asistentes sociales de la Vicaría de la Solidaridad https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Mar%C3%ADa-Soledad-Del-Villar-Tagle/dp/9563571509 Mujeres Iglesia https://www.facebook.com/MujeresIglesiaChile/ A Calzón Quitao! https://www.instagram.com/acal...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 15
David and Marcus discuss Sobrino's essay "The Central Position of the Reign of God in Liberation Theology." How do we define the Reign of God? What are its biblical and historical parameters? Text: Mysterium liberationis https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html Music: "Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins "Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake Obtained via subscription to Audio Network
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 14
What is the new human being? What will the new economy and new society look like? David uses the war on terror to illustrate the "old human being" and compares Ignacio Ellacuría's vision of the new human being with Che Guevara's. Texts: Mysterium liberationis https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html "Socialism and Man in Cuba" by Ernesto "Che" Guevara https://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/1965/03/man-socialism.htm Music: "Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins "Azure Sky" by...
Aug 30, 2021•56 min•Ep. 13
Ignacio Ellacuría, SJ, contends that, in liberation praxis, prophecy is the method, utopia is the horizon, and the reign of God is the revelation. David interviews Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ, about his new book "The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice." Text: Mysterium liberationis https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html Saint-Jean's book: The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Work-Racial-Justice-Meditations/dp/1625248369 Music: "Los molinos" by Adam Drake...
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 12
Juan Luis Segundo, SJ, argues that the word "liberation" captures the essential meaning of the biblical terms for "salvation" and "redemption." Biblical "freedom" is the ability to be artisans of a new humanity. Text: Mysterium liberationis https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html Books mentioned: Our Idea of God https://www.amazon.com/Theology-Artisans-New-Humanity-Idea/dp/161097462X The Liberation of Theology https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Juan-L-Segundo/dp/1592440967 America articl...
Jun 28, 2021•59 min•Ep. 11
Text: "Mysterium liberationis" https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html Magnificast episode on Margaret Randall: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nicaragua-and-cuba-w-margaret-randall/id1214644619?i=1000521683859 Music: "Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins "Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake Obtained via subscription to Audio Network
May 17, 2021•57 min•Ep. 10
Text: "Mysterium liberationis" https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html Music: "Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins "Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake Obtained via subscription to Audio Network
May 03, 2021•48 min•Ep. 9
Text: "Mysterium liberationis" https://www.orbisbooks.com/mysterium-liberationis.html Music: "Los molinos" by Adam Drake and Tom Jenkins "Azure Sky" by Terry Devine-King and Adam Drake Obtained via subscription to Audio Network
Apr 12, 2021•38 min•Ep. 8
