Liberation theology requires affirming a God to ground its eschatological hope

Evidence

It is easy to agree that money is not a god—however important, money is merely a socioeconomic technology designed for efficient exchange of goods and services. In order to retain hope, however, denunciation of one god requires establishment of the other. Thus, “we cannot affirm the existence of an eschaton unless we affirm the existence of a God guiding history. The eschaton for Christ meant that injustice and exploitation will disappear once and for all” (McLaren & Jandrić, 2017, p. 628). Liberation theology shows that myth, faith, and belief are mutually constitutive with techno-scientific approaches to the world. The technological is not merely political—it is also religious. — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 1159

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: A dense, layered claim: denunciation of money-as-god cannot stand without a positive eschaton grounded in belief; the technological is not just political but religious. Rewards sitting with it.
• ADDENDUM: Directly relevant to the sacrifice article — the exchange of one god for another and the structure of hope through negation.
• XREF: connects to: Utopian hope couples denunciation of the present order with annunciation of a new one. — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 839; Suppressed communities escape intolerable reality through eschatological expectation

Broader Connections

• Suppressed communities escape intolerable reality through eschatological expectation #corroborates (0.72)