Theology of Struggle
"It is the Church in the society. The Church always play a role in the society even in making the people impoverished. She has also a role to make them free from oppression. She has been into the struggle for nationhood, for human dignity and liberation from oppression since the time of Moses, to Jesus Christ and until the Church of today's context." ~ Archbishop Antonio Ablon
Theology of Struggle, a theology rooted in the history and culture of a people who have endured colonial oppression at the hands of Spain, North America, and Japan, as well as neo-colonialism and home-grown dictatorship.
Because Christianity has played a role in assisting the history of oppression in the Philippines, a theology of struggle must include a "struggle in theology, " to wrest Christian symbols from the hands of the oppressors and return them to the poor.
This theology which is an aspect of Liberation Theology and linked to the popular Philippino Bishop Antonio Ablon, shall be developed and studied within the context of the Nigeria situation as an aspect in critical theological investigation for students undergoing programmes for the award of bachelor of divinities degree.
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