Solidarity - From Intellectual Concept to Personal Reality
Ron Cheshire

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Originally designed as a workshop for use in parish training of Catholic volunteers for mission in Central America, the ideas are applicable to any area of the globe and this workshop can be used in a group or by individuals, regardless of their denomination. Books and documents in the bibliography of suggested reading are among the source materials used for this workshop. You are encouraged to refer to those publications for direct quote context and a more through discussion of the topics presented here. Please work through these pages in sequence!
Workshop 1
 1. Latin America - Conquistadors, Colonialism, and Dictatorships

2. A recent history of the Catholic Church's model for relating to one another and the world
Workshop 2
Workshop 3
3. The Christian vision of economic life

4. Liberation Theology
Workshop 4
Workshop 5
 5. Key Themes of Liberation Theology (I)

6. Key Themes of Liberation Theology (II)
Workshop 6
Workshop 7
 7. How Liberation Theology is Done

8. The three stages or mediations of
Liberation Theology (I)
Workshop 8
Workshop 9 9. The three stages or mediations of Liberation Theology (II)
10. The three stages or mediations of Liberation Theology (III)
 Workshop 10
Workshop 11 11. Solidarity: "Bearing with one another
in faith" (I)
12. Solidarity: "Bearing with one another
in faith" (II)
 Workshop 12
Workshop 13 13. Solidarity: "Bearing with one another
in faith" (III)
14. Mission - The Rio Grande is a national boundary, not an ecclesial one
 Workshop 14
Workshop 15
 15. The Abrahamic Minority
16. A Short Solidarity Review
Workshop 16
 

Bibliography
Bibliography