The relationship between philosophy and theology in Latin America

Abstract

This article deals with the relationship between theology and philosophy, the theologies of liberation, or rather, the philosophical mediation of these theologies. This theme has not been studied or even silenced. There is practically no study on it. At most, there is some reference or comment about the influence of a philosopher or philosophy on some concrete liberation theology. This is already a good indication of the non-importance or the (peripheral) place of philosophical mediation in these theologies. This article begins by showing how, with very few exceptions, this subject has either not been thematized an developed, or it was only indicated and/or outlined in liberation theologies (historiographical approach). Secondly, this paper indicates, without further development, the importance and place of philosophical mediation, as well as its necessity and contribution to what to do, and how to contribute to the product of these theologies (systematic approach). It is not intended here to develop or even to outline a concrete philosophical mediation for the theologies of liberation. We simply want to problematize the issue in its historical and in its fundamental theoretical structure. From this we intend to place the need and the challenge of developing this important and necessary mediation in the global process of the intelligence of the faith.