Liberacion!

Fernando Lugo, an ex-Bishop in the Catholic Church, and a Liberation theologian, has just won the election in Paraguay, ending the 61-year reign of the ruling Colorado Party. That party was the longest ruling party in the world--longer than the Chinese Communists, the North Koreans, Castro...He has campaigned with promises to help the poor--the 'preferential option' of the poor that characterizes much of Latin American Liberation theology has found a  decidedly political advocate in Lugo. Unlike other liberationists who practice their theology within the boundaries of the church, Lugo, has taken a different path, essentially taking his theology out of the church and into the public and political spheres. Maybe there is a model here, for another way of doing theology--completely in the marketplace-where the people are?