Liberation theology is widely referred to in discussions of politics & religion but not always adequately understood. The 2007 edition of this Companion brings the story of the movements continuing importance & impact up to date. Additional essays which complement those in the original edition expand upon the issues by dealing with gender & sexuality & the important matter of epistemology. In the light of a more conservative ethos in Roman Catholicism & in theology generally liberation theology is often said to have been an intellectual movement tied to a particular period of ecumenical & political theology. These essays indicate its continuing importance in different contexts & enable readers to locate its distinctive intellectual ethos within the evolving contextual & cultural concerns of theology & religious studies. This book will be of interest to students of theology as well as to sociologists political theorists & historians.