Talk:Gustavo Gutiérrez

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Contents 1 Classification as a stub, and need for improvement 2 Dissident? 3 Room for improvement? 4 WikiProject class rating 5 Paragraph removed 6 POV 7 Language Problem

[edit] Classification as a stub, and need for improvement

Gutierrez is, without doubt, one of the most important theologians of the 20th century, and this article gives only basic information (see the article on Leonardo Boff for comparison). Regardless of what one may think of his method (with which I personally disagree), this article must be expanded, and is only a basic introduction as it is. Thus, I have marked this with a stub designation, and applaud the idea of placing material from the Spanish version here, although I am not qualified to either translate it, or critique such a project. Anyone? Robert Johnson 04:32, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dissident?

This article is in the category Category:Dissident Catholic theologians but contains no details of how and when he was disciplined by the Church. Anyone TSP 15:36, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Room for improvement?

The Spanish version of this article goes into a far greater depth - is there any chance of using material from that version, once translated, in here?

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 16:36, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Paragraph removed

The following paragraph was removed from the "Major Publications" section for reasons that are hopefully self-evident.

• Finally, his entrance to the Dominican Order stirred controversy and was seen as a sell out on behalf of Mr. Gutierrez since the Dominican friars are overwhelmingly racist in the United States and other countries, or many times prefer the wealthy over the poor. They discriminate through tactical requirements for admittance to their community. For example, requiring their aspirants a B.A. or M.A. in the U.S. Requirement that is only possible to the wealthy and Anglo people." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.65.4.103 (talk) 20:00, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] POV

Removed '(largely because poor people were seen as potential leftist rebels)' in dicussion of targetting of liberation theologians as linked to leftist groups - this strays into POV away from encyclopaedic writing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Millichip (talk • contribs) 16:39, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Language Problem

I think there is a significant language problem in this sentence: "A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, Salvation was reviewed directly by then-Cardinal Ratzinger and found to contain ideas which, in the view of conservative Catholics, were disturbing." The use of "conservative Catholics" seems a bit odd here. I don't understand what the author of the sentence is trying to convey. Clearly the CDF has condemned many ideas from Gutierrez. Is this who the author means by "conservative Catholics?" I think the use of this term is not very helpful, especially considering there are "liberal Catholics" who find profound problems with Gutierrez's theology. Lborchardt (talk) 01:51, 12 March 2008 (UTC)