RT Article
T1 Is Pope Francis a Marxist?
JF International journal of public theology
VO 18
IS 4
SP 590
OP 604
A1 Lok, Peter Wing Kai
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1909491063
AB 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.
K1 Marxism
K1 Liberation Theology
K1 Ignatius theology
K1 Franciscan theology
K1 Catholic Social Thought
K1 Pope Francis
DO 10.1163/15697320-20241603