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Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez died on 22 October at the age of 96. (Catholic Register)
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How ‘shantytown’ priest Gustavo Gutiérrez changed the world

He developed liberation theology, rooted in the lived experience of the oppressed, and committed to transforming unjust social and political structures

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Bishop Rubin Phillip, theologian, anti-apartheid activist and a close friend of Steve Biko. (Photograph by Mlungisi Mbele/New Frame)
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From his adventures with Steve Biko to his support for shack dwellers in KwaZulu-Natal, Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip has always walked the talk of radical Christianity

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