Theology itself must be liberated if it is to become, as it was for Jesus and the prophets, an instrument of human liberation. That is the central thrust of this landmark work. The author surveys the contemporary (1970s) theology of Europe, the United States, and Latin America. Max Weber, Karl Marx, Gustavo Gutierrez, Harvey Cox, and James Cone are but a few of the many writers the author treats his trenchant analysis of why "theology must be liberated," and how it can be.