About this episode

The episode discusses the dangers of critical theory and its implications in society, particularly through the lens of Liberation Theology.

Tonight we are talking about the dangers of critical theory and its religious counterpart “Liberation Theology” (which was first coined by a Jesuit priest). This popular belief system takes highly complex issues and paints them as black & white, removing all nuance. In this ideology there’s always a perpetual “oppressor”, who can never do anything right. And a perpetually “oppressed”, who can never do anything wrong. Often the result is that even more oppression is created. And, at wor...

Topics covered

• critical theory
• Liberation Theology
• oppression
• ideology
• religion

Keywords

• critical theory
• Liberation Theology
• oppressor
• oppressed
• ideology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Liberation Theology

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