Key Terms

Alienation - estranging people from what they are meant to be; making a person give up their proper place in society

Dehumanised - removing basic humanity or basic human rights from a person

Exploitation - being used as a means to an ened. For the purpoise of someone else

Capitalism - the idea that societies do best when operating in a free market with competition and with profit as the central motivation

Communism -  the idea that a harmonious society is based on the free sharing of all goods and ideas

Bourgeoisie - the capital class who own and control the weath 

Proletariat - the working class who gain a living by selling their labour power to the bourgeoisie

Liberation Theology: A movement in Christian theology, developed mainly by Latin American Roman Catholics, which attempts to address the problems of poverty and social injustice as well as spiritual matters.

Jesus the Liberator: The belief that Jesus was a person who liberates people from imprisonment or oppression

Praxis: Practice rather than theory. Referred to as ‘action’

Orthodoxy: Authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice.

Orthopraxy: the study of religion, orthopraxy is correct conduct. How a person conducts themselves and acts upon their faith and belief

Contextual Theology: A type of theology by which theologians reflect on a specific situation in light of experience e.g. Liberation theologians focus on the situation of the poor and their experience.