The second edition of this Companion brings the story of liberation theology up to date. Additional essays deal with gender and sexuality and epistemology. Liberation theology is widely believed to have been tied to a particular period of ecumenical and political theology. These essays indicate its continuing importance. Notes on contributors ix Foreword to the second edition xiii Christopher Rowland Preface to the first edition xv Glossary xviii Abbreviations xx Introduction: the theology of liberation 1(16) Christopher Rowland Part I Contemporary Liberation Theology 17(120) The task and content of liberation theology 19(20) G. Gutierrez Judith Condor `Action is the life of all': the praxis-based epistemology of liberation theology 39(16) Zoe Bennett Liberation theology in Asia 55(24) Bastiaan Wielenga Black theology 79(26) Edward Antonio Feminist theology: a critical theology of liberation 105(18) Mary Grey Demythologising liberation theology: reflections on power, poverty and sexuality 123(14) Marcella Maria Althaus-Reid Part II Aspects of Liberation Theology 137(70) The origins and character of the base ecclesial community: a Brazilian perspective 139(20) Andrew Dawson The Bible and the poor: a new way of doing theology 159(24) Gerald West Liberation and reconstruction: the unfinished agenda 183(24) Charles Villa-Vicencio Part III Analysis and Criticism 207(97) Liberation theology and the Roman Catholic Church 209(20) Peter Hebblethwaite Marxism, liberation theology and the way of negation 229(19) Denys Turner The economics of liberation theology 248(17) Valpy Fitzgerald Political theology, tradition and modernity 265(13) Oliver O'Donovan Globalising liberation theology: the American context, and coda 278(26) Ivan Petrella Epilogue: the future of liberation theology 304(4) Christopher Rowland Select bibliography 308(7) Index 315