After reading Ivone Gebara\'s article, \"A Feminist Theology of LIberation: A La
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After reading Ivone Gebara's article, "A Feminist Theology of LIberation: A Latin American Perspective with a View toward the Future," and Althaus-Reid's article, "Demythologizing liberation theology: reflections on power, poverty and sexuality," from the second edition of The Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology, what do you believe is the most important way in which Marcella Althaus-Reid has tried to break the essentialist presuppositions of patriarchal thought that were attacked by Ivone Gebara? Why? Please limit your response to 50-100 words After reading Ivone Gebara's article, "A Feminist Theology of LIberation: A Latin American Perspective with a View toward the Future," and Althaus-Reid's article, "Demythologizing liberation theology: reflections on power, poverty and sexuality," from the second edition of The Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology, what do you believe is the most important way in which Marcella Althaus-Reid has tried to break the essentialist presuppositions of patriarchal thought that were attacked by Ivone Gebara? Why? Please limit your response to 50-100 words After reading Ivone Gebara's article, "A Feminist Theology of LIberation: A Latin American Perspective with a View toward the Future," and Althaus-Reid's article, "Demythologizing liberation theology: reflections on power, poverty and sexuality," from the second edition of The Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology, what do you believe is the most important way in which Marcella Althaus-Reid has tried to break the essentialist presuppositions of patriarchal thought that were attacked by Ivone Gebara? Why? Please limit your response to 50-100 wordsExplanation / Answer
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According to Althau- Reid, Feminist struggles, domestic violence, racism, violence against children, homesexuals, sexual exploitation of women and coloured races were not part of liberation theology as much as the demystification of the reality of poverty involving violence, drug addiction, murder and other underground activities . According to her, a feminist critic of liberation theology points towards the need to understand the nuances of color differences, gender or race among the oppressed.