Theology, Human Rights and Decolonial thinking

• Autor(a) principal: Cunha, Carlos Alberto Motta
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Horizonte - Revista de Estudos de Teologia e Ciências da Religião
• DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2017v15n47p697
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.pucminas.br/index.php/horizonte/article/view/P.2175-5841.2017v15n47p697
• topic: Christian theology. Human rights. Decolonial theory. Public theology. Decolonial theology.; Theology. Religious studies; Teologia cristã. Direitos humanos. Teoria decolonial. Teologia pública. Teologia decolonial.; Teologia

In the book If God were a human rights activist, Boaventura de Sousa Santos supports the idea that the dialogue between human rights and progressive theologies provides a good opportunity for the development of intercultural and emancipatory practices (2014, p.113). How can theology contribute to the reconstruction of human rights? Contemporaneity, in all its complexity, demands the construction of a theology that is conscious of the religious and cultural plurality and capable of including in its horizon the socio-religious experiences of the whole of humankind. The task of decolonizing theology and/or of recreating its contents is not only a new object of investigation, but also requires a new kind of theologian, with a new kind of conscience and posture before the current scenario. Searching for tentative answers, this article aims at raising a few points concerning the necessary decolonization process of the Christian theology in order to produce a public intellection of faith that is committed to human and the world’s causes.