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liberation theologies

liberation theologies is the plural of liberation theology.

Meaning of liberation theology

Noun

liberation theology (usually uncountable, plural liberation theologies)

  1. (usually) A range of Christian political movements interpreting the teachings of Jesus in relation to liberation from unjust economic, social, or political conditions, first discussed in Latin America.
    • Prevost moved up the ranks of the local church whose bishops were split between leftists, heavily influenced by Latin America's liberation theology, and arch-conservatives with close ties to Opus Dei.2025 May 10, “Chicagoan pope not afraid of speaking truth to power in US”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3

Questions about liberation theologies

What is liberation theologies the plural of?
Liberation theologies is the plural of liberation theology.

Words near liberation theologies in the dictionary

  1. liberating
  2. liberatingly
  3. liberation
  4. liberation day
  5. liberation days
  6. liberation theologies
  7. liberation theology
  8. liberational
  9. liberationism
  10. liberationisms
  11. liberationist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: liberation theologies (page history and authors); liberation theology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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