Abstract
Padre Uriel Molina played a very important role in the revolution that overthrew Somoza and in the development of liberation theology, particularly Christian base communities. During the Fall, 2001, Padre Uriel was asked to respond to various questions about the current state of liberation theology and the future of this method and theory of theology. In this article, his responses to these inquires are reported and placed in the context of contemporary social philosophy. He believes that the social and economic conditions in Nicaragua and other countries of Latin America have not improved, and therefore this version of theology still should retain its original goal of changing the structural causes of poverty. In a world that is not currently controlled by traditional dictators, but by the new dictatorship of the market and commercial values, Father Uriel contends that community-based theology can contribute to the creation of a new, more humane image of the community. In other words, by elevating the poor in importance in the mind of the general population, in addition to revealing a new historical subject, Molina states that a more democratic world can be created.