Theology of struggle

The Protestant and Catholic churches saw that the Lumad and Moro people were suffering and responded by contextualizing liberation theology into what would be called the Theology of Struggle. ^[1] The theology of struggle was developed by the Christians for National Liberation. ^[2] The Philippines was colonized by Spain, Japan, and the United States since the 1500s. ^[3] The theology of struggle was started in the Catholic church as a way of protecting the impoverished from the Marcos regime. ^[4] The Sisters of the Good Shepherd is a group of Filipino nuns living according to what they call a theology of struggle. ^[5] The nuns live among the impoverished and work alongside them to build political power, which puts them at odds with the Catholic Church and the Filipino government. ^[5]

References

1. Levy L., Lanaria (August 6, 2017). "Book Review. Panagkutay: Bringing Us Right Into the Lumad Lifeworld". MindaNews . Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
2. Gordon, Eric A. (August 7, 2019). "Christian Communism: Meet the hosts of 'The Magnificast' podcast". People's World . Longview Publishing. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
3. Elizarde-Miller, Drew (January 2, 2017). "Why We Need a Filipino Jesus". Sojourners . ISSN   0364-2097. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
4. "The 'Church of the Poor' in Our Time". The Manila Times . December 16, 2018. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
5. "Filipino nuns reject life in convent, take 'theology of struggle' to slums Written by Henry Kamm". Arizona Republic. February 14, 1981. p. 57. Archived from the original on 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2021-08-26.

Further reading

• Christologies, Cultures, and Religions: Portraits of Christ in the Philippines. OMF Literature. ISBN   978-971-009-521-6.
• Schumacher, John N. (1998). Revolutionary Clergy: The Filipino Clergy and the Nationalist Movement, 1850–1903. Ateneo University Press. ISBN   978-971-550-121-7. OCLC   911222660.
• Sison, A. (2006-11-13). Screening Schillebeeckx: Theology and Third Cinema in Dialogue. Springer. ISBN   978-0-230-60210-6. OCLC   314846283.
• Bevans, Stephen B. (2002). Models of Contextual Theology. Orbis Books. ISBN   978-1-57075-438-8. OCLC   26014584.
• Smit, Peter-Ben (2011-08-25). Old Catholic and Philippine Independent Ecclesiologies in History: The Catholic Church in Every Place. BRILL. ISBN   978-90-04-21498-9. OCLC   754765322.
• Beller, Jonathan (2006). Acquiring Eyes: Philippine Visuality, Nationalist Struggle, and the World-media System. Ateneo University Press. ISBN   978-971-550-495-9. OCLC   173263452.
• Wiegele, Katharine L. (2004-09-30). Investing in Miracles: El Shaddai and the Transformation of Popular Catholicism in the Philippines. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN   978-0-8248-4575-9. OCLC   1013946132.
• Cruz, Gemma (2010-01-15). An Intercultural Theology of Migration: Pilgrims in the Wilderness. BRILL. ISBN   978-90-04-19367-3. OCLC   700941808.
• Amaladoss, Michael (2014-04-17). Life in Freedom: Liberation Theologies from Asia. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN   978-1-60899-409-0. OCLC   657600438.
• Presa, Neal D. (2018-03-31). Ascension Theology and Habakkuk: A Reformed Ecclesiology in Filipino American Perspective. Springer. ISBN   978-3-319-76342-2. OCLC   1030609971.
• M, Brazal, Agnes (2019-03-27). A Theology of Southeast Asia: Liberation-Postcolonial Ethics in the Philippines. Orbis Books. ISBN   978-1-60833-758-3. OCLC   1055569856.
• Nadeau, Kathleen M. (2002). Liberation Theology in the Philippines: Faith in a Revolution. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN   978-0-275-97198-4. OCLC   547275025.
• Fernandez, Eleazar S. (2009-02-01). Toward a Theology of Struggle. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN   978-1-60608-236-2. OCLC   808650453.