Liberating the Future

Preface Contributors Introduction: Watch the Money Joerg Rieger God and Mannon The Signs of the Times Where We Are Entering a New Era? A Global Effort On Becoming a Traitor: The Academic Liberation Theologian and the Future Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite Liberation Theology and the Future Defend Us from Our Friends and Not Just Our Enemies Economic Analysis Postmodernism Liberation Theology and the Global Economy John B. Cobb Jr. The Primacy of Theology over Virtue Serving God and Mammon Economism Economism and Liberation Theology The Global Capitalist Market Economism and Poverty Refuting Other Economistic Claims Economy and the Future of Liberation Theology in North America M. Douglas Meeks Church and Economy The Landscape of Liberation in North America Church as Alternative Economy Political Theology and Theology of Liberation Jurgen Moltmann Origins and Beginnings Developments in European Political Theology Where Do We Stand? The Future of Liberation Theology The Theology of Our Liberation Black Consciousness: Stumbling Block or battering Ram? Gayraud S. Wilmore Black and White Theology The Meaning of Blackness Religion and Color Symbolism Where We Are Now Reconciliation Prematurely? Liberation Theology and the Future of the Poor Gustavo Gutierrez Theological Reflection The Poor and the Future Liberated to Be Free Between Mysticism and Solidarity Developing a Common Interest Theology from the Underside Joerg Rieger Contextual Theology and Special Interest Theology Which Context? Where Is God? A Look Ahead New Birth of Conscience Frederick Herzog Notes Index