THEOLOGIANS BREAKING AND ENTERING: THE POOREST RENEW THE UNDERSTANDING OF FAITH

Abstract

The concept of theology presented here refuses to separate the development of its knowledge from the search for the poorest, the last of humanity, alone and abandoned in its misery. Such a perspective owes much to the thinking of Father Joseph Wresinski and the ATD Fourth World movement, which calls for a fairly radical shift in perspective, until the poorest have been heard. A theology that takes this call seriously is renewed in its way of thinking about revelation and relating to Christ, particularly in his bodily dimension.

KEY WORDS: Option for the poor. Revelation. Body of Christ. Theology of politics. Liberation theology. Epistemology of theology.