A Teologia da Libertação e as mulheres

Abstract

The present text recovers aspects of the history and concepts from Liberation Theology in relation to women. It shows that despite significant advances of this theology to reflect from the perspective of the poor in Latin America, as a theology it continues imprisoned in the Catholic institution repeating in its own way the Western tradition formulated in the Nicean Creed. Theologians addressing the specific problematic of women and questioning the coupling of dogma with excluding patriarchal concepts do not find a warm welcome in the liberated male world. Honorable attempts are recognized, however considered insufficient to transform the old content and old powers. The text reflects some challenges to Liberation Theology from the introduction of sexuality as fundamental anthropological mediation and shows the limits of economic and social mediations which Liberation Theology prioritized. In the midst of developing these questions, it outlines some of the ways proposed by feminist theologians that are developed outside of the clerical institutions and which follow their own path with inevitable difficulties.