Social Work With Groups · 1989 · 41 citations · 1 references
Social SciencesSocial WorkGroup WorkSocial MovementsTheologyFeminist TheologyLiberation MovementsLiberation TheologySocial JusticeGroup Work BehaviorLatin American Liberation TheologyPublic Theology Of LiberationTheology Of FreedomTheology Of Oppression
Liberation theology has developed in Latin America by clergy and laity as a means for reaching the poor and oppressed people and for challenging the power of the Roman Catholic hierarchy. It offers ideas for social group workers in reaching out to the disenfranchised and challenges those elements in our theoretical models that lean toward paternalism and limited empowerment. The relinquishing of power by the worker is an essential aspect of the challenge.
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