Recognizing that philosophy of religion has done little to incorporate knowledge produced within post-WWII liberation movements, this paper asks: How might a sustained engagement with the past half-century’s liberation movements impact philosophy of religion? We answer this question in three parts. First, we contend that such engagement requires considering conceptualizations of God as liberator. Second, we argue that this engagement requires considering contentions that God is a God of the oppr…
Read moreRecognizing that philosophy of religion has done little to incorporate knowledge produced within post-WWII liberation movements, this paper asks: How might a sustained engagement with the past half-century’s liberation movements impact philosophy of religion? We answer this question in three parts. First, we contend that such engagement requires considering conceptualizations of God as liberator. Second, we argue that this engagement requires considering contentions that God is a God of the oppressed. Third, we demonstrate that such engagement requires developing a complex language about “oppression” to conceptualize how a liberating God of the oppressed might interact with interlocking and overlapping networks of oppression.
