BELIEFS AND PRACTICES
Liberation theology: a challenge to the church

IN THE NORTHEAST
• Heidi Hadsell, president of Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Conn., has written about eco-justice and liberation theology. Contact 860-509-9502, hadsell@hartsem.edu.
• Richard Horsley, professor of liberal arts and the study of religion at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, has written about the Bible and liberation and how Jesus and Paul ignited a revolution and transformed the ancient world. Contact 617-287-5722, richard.horsley@umb.edu, or call Ed Hayward in public affairs, 617-287-5302.
• Sister Margaret Guider, associate professor of religion and society at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass., is the author of Daughters of Rahab: Prostitution and the Church of Liberation in Brazil (Augsburg Fortress, 1995). Contact 617-492-1960 ext. 201, mguider@wjst.edu.

IN THE EAST
• Otto Maduro, professor of Christianity at Drew University in Madison, N.J., has written from a sociological perspective about the liberating option for the oppressed in Latin American Catholicism and on the relations between Marxism and religion. Contact 973-408-3041, omaduro@drew.edu.
• John Burdick, Syracuse University associate professor of anthropology, is the author of Legacies of Liberation: The Progressive Catholic Church in Brazil (Ashgate Publishing, 2004). He says the emphasis in liberation theology has shifted from the poor to those marginalized by race, ethnicity or gender - though not yet sexuality. Contact 315-443-3822, jsburdic@maxwell.syr.edu.
• Arthur Pressley, associate professor of psychology and religion at Drew University in Madison, N.J., has written about liberation theology, pastoral care and the spirituality of violence. Contact 973-408-3594, apressle@drew.edu.

IN THE SOUTHEAST
• The Rev. Iain Maclean, associate professor of Western religious thought, philosophy and religion at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., has written about liberation theologians and the struggle for democracy in Brazil. Contact 540-568-7059, Macleaix@jmu.edu.
• James M. Dawsey, professor of Biblical studies at Emory & Henry College in Emory, Va., has written about liberation theology and economic development. Contact 276-944-6123, jdawsey@ehc.edu.
• Lorine Getz is a scholar based in Hilton Head, S.C., and a retired professor of religion, culture, ethics and spirituality and the arts at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She co-edited Struggles for Solidarity: Liberation Theologies in Tension (Fortress Press, 1991). Contact 843-842-4343, drlmgetz@netscape.com.
• Kenneth Surin, professor of religion, literature and critical theory at Duke University, has written about liberation as a critical term of religious study and the relevance of Marxism. Contact 919-684-4364, kenneth.surin@duke.edu.
• Debra Sabia, associate professor of political science with a specialty in Latin America at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, has written about liberation theology as a force for democratic change in Nicaragua, on the popular church in Nicaragua and on feminist theology and base communities in Nicaragua and El Salvador. She says liberation theology is still practiced in rural villages and middle-class communities in Latin America. Political compromise is now embraced, and a third way, between capitalism and socialism, is being sought. Contact 912-681-5725, dsabia@GeorgiaSouthern.edu.
• Dennis McCann, Wallace M. Alston Professor of Bible and Religion at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga., has written about liberation theology and business ethics. Contact 404-471-6062, dmccann@agnesscott.edu (after Aug. 1 use email).

IN THE SOUTH
• M. Douglas Meeks, Cal Turner Chancellor professor of theology and Wesleyan studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville, Tenn., has written about the economy and the future of liberation theology in North America. Contact 615-343-3988, m.douglas.meeks@vanderbilt.edu.
• The Rev. Daisy Machado, dean of the faculty and professor of the history of Christianity at Lexington Theological Seminary in Lexington, Ky., has written about Latina feminist theology, the border, immigrant issues and globalization. Contact dmachado@lextheo.edu. (Please use email.)
• Paul R. Dekar is professor of evangelism and missions at the Memphis Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tenn. He wrote the article "The Inspiration of Martin Luther King Jr. for Nonviolent Justice Seekers in Latin America and the Caribbean" for the Memphis Theological Seminary Journal (1997). Contact 901-458-8232 ext. 129, pdekar@mtscampus.edu.

IN THE MIDWEST
• Gerald Schlabach, associate professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., has written about North American nonviolence and the Latin American liberation struggle, and on nonviolent action in Latin America. Contact 651-962-5332, gwschlabach@stthomas.edu.
• Luis Rivera-Rodriguez, associate professor of theology and director of the Center for the Study of Latino/a Theology and Ministry at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, wrote the article on "Liberation Theology" in the Encyclopedia of Religion and War (Routledge, 2004). Contact 773-947-6330, lrivera@mccormick.edu.
• Daniel Schipani, professor of pastoral care and counseling at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Ind., has written about liberation theology and Biblical education and an Anabaptist perspective on liberation theology. Contact 574-296-6237, dschipani@ambs.edu.

IN THE SOUTHWEST
• Marc Ellis, professor of American and Jewish studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has written about a Jewish theology of liberation and about the future of liberation theology. Contact 254-710-1510, Marc_ellis@baylor.edu.
• Theodore Walker Jr., associate professor of ethics and society at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, has written about African-American resources for a more inclusive liberation theology. Contact 214-768-2446, twalker@smu.edu.
• Edward Phillip Antonio, professor of theology and social theory at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, wrote the article "Black Theology" in The Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology (Cambridge University Press, 1999). Contact 303-765-3163, eantonio@iliff.edu.

IN THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• Kathleen Nadeau, California State University anthropology associate professor, has written about liberation theology in the Philippines and Asian liberation theologies and Marxism. Nadeau says liberation theology has been integrated into the progressive wing of all the churches. Even if the movement is forced to move underground, it will carry on. Contact 909-880-5503, knadeau@csusb.edu.
• Alejandro Garcia-Rivera is associate professor of systematic theology at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, Calif., and a core doctoral faculty member of the Graduate Theological Union. He has written about liberation theology, postmodernism and the spiritual. He says that the revolutionary ideas of the Second Vatican Council are not exciting to Roman Catholics born after the Second Vatican Council. He says that as long as there is inequity in income, health and education, there will always be a need to articulate a prophetic message of Christianity. But liberation theology may become irrelevant if it fails to reinterpret its prophetic message in light of new political realities, he says. Contact 510-549-5020, agarcia@jstb.edu.
• Carlos R. Piar, professor of religious studies at California State University, Long Beach, is the author of Jesus and Liberation: A Critical Analysis of the Christology of Latin American Liberation Theology (Peter Lang Publishing, 1995). Contact 562-985-8727, crpiar@csulb.edu.