My interest in Basic Ecclesial Communities started when I did research on Latin America’s Liberation Theology. I found BECs interesting because it made me realize that theology is not something one learns in school, but rather it is reflection on one’s way of living the Gospel. But since gospel-life in Latin America took on a particular shape vis-a-vis the problem of poverty, then even reflection on it took a modality that was vastly different from what was done in a more “comfortable” Christian environment. It is for this reason that liberation theologians attribute “Liberation Theology” to the Basic Ecclesial Communities. After all, they not only lived the reality of “liberation”, they also reflected on it and proclaimed the Gospel through that experience.

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