According to Glenn Beck, President Obama is a “liberation theologist.” What exactly is liberation theology? Strictly defined it’s a movement in Christian theology which interprets the teachings of Jesus Christ in terms of liberation from poverty and unjust economic, political, or social conditions. It began as a movement within the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America in the 1950s – 1960s as a moral response to the poverty and social injustice in that region. But what does that have to do with President Obama’s political and religious ideology and how does liberation theology fit into the American political and religious landscape?
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