If China has socialism with Chinese characteristics, then what characteristics will America have? (assuming it goes that way)
If China has socialism with Chinese characteristics, then what characteristics will America have? (assuming it goes that way)
For sure and I'm not American, so don't really have much understanding of the dynamics of American Christianity other than in its most prominent expression as evangelicalism. I still wonder if liberation theology would play a terribly prominent role because my sense is that progressive forces in the US are largely secular, but this is a hypothetical scenario that would involve a pretty radical transformation of American society in order to make it possible, so I feel like it's pretty difficult to speculate on its exact cultural composition.
Liberation Theology specifically isn't huge in the US rn.
In the past and still today (though overshadowed by right-evangelicalism in terms of political power now) there existed a "Christian Left" that supported the "Social Gospel" but this was mainly liberal and amounted to support of labour unions and policies to alleviate poverty and so on.
Idk how movements work, I imagine to a certain extent these things naturally arise, so it's possible when an actual revolution becomes possible there won't be a huge need for LT or things like that to win people over. Even if it's not a huge aspect of this organizing or movement building I don't think we should completely abandon using religious language when talking to certain demographics or embracing religious people sympathetic to socialism.
Definitely. We should talk to people in language they relate to.