Contemporary man has begun to lose his naiveté as... the deep causes of the situation in which he finds himself are becoming clearer. He realizes that to attack these deep causes is the indispensable prerequisite for radical change. And so he has gradually abandoned a simple reformist attitude regarding the existing social order, for, by its very shallowness this reformism perpetuates the existing system.


p. 48 - A Theology of Liberation (1971)

Gustavo Gutiérrez Quotes

Contemporary man has begun to lose his naiveté as... the deep causes of the situation in which he finds himself are becoming clearer. He realizes...

Contemporary man has begun to lose his naiveté as... the deep causes of the situation in which he finds himself are becoming clearer. He realizes...

Contemporary man has begun to lose his naiveté as... the deep causes of the situation in which he finds himself are becoming clearer. He realizes...

Contemporary man has begun to lose his naiveté as... the deep causes of the situation in which he finds himself are becoming clearer. He realizes...