Is Pope Francis a Marxist?
Pope Francis has been widely portrayed by the popular media as a ‘revolutionary left-wing’ Pope, owing to his open stance on same-sex relationships and his harsh criticism of capitalism. His South American background has also led the media to casually associate him with the tradition of liberation t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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International journal of public theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 18, Issue: 4, Pages: 590-604 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KCA Monasticism; religious orders KCB Papacy NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology NCC Social ethics NCF Sexual ethics RG Pastoral care |
| Further subjects: | B
Liberation Theology
B Franciscan theology B Pope Francis B Catholic Social Thought B Ignatius theology B Marxism |
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| Summary: | Pope Francis has been widely portrayed by the popular media as a ‘revolutionary left-wing’ Pope, owing to his open stance on same-sex relationships and his harsh criticism of capitalism. His South American background has also led the media to casually associate him with the tradition of liberation theology, whose methodology is deeply influenced by Marxism. In this article, I argue that Pope Francis’s public theology is neither a Marxist theology nor a liberation theology, as some critics have suggested. In contrast, his theology is an assemblage of the critical heritage of Catholic social thought, Franciscan theology of the poor, Argentine theology of the people, and Ignatian pastoral theology. |
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| ISSN: | 1569-7320 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of public theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15697320-20241603 |