In 1981 the Institute on Religion and Democracy was founded largely to combat Liberation Theology, which melded Christianity with Marxist revolution in the Third World as a remedy for poverty and oppression.
The recent death of paramount Liberation Theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez has ignited glowing tributes. Some praise him as a “prophet.” He was an enormously influential Peruvian Catholic priest and brilliant thinker who fused Marxism and Christianity to help the poor. Eulogists rightly praise his empathy with the poor but mostly ignore his destructive advocacy for eliminating private property.
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