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José Comblin and the Theology of Revolution

Abstract

José Comblin, throughout his career published more than eighty books and over four hundred articles on the most varied topics, such as, The Holy Spirit, Theology and earthly realities, Liberation Theology, a brief Theology course for lay people and missionaries and Biblical Theology . In this article, we analyze his theological perspective, based on the concept of revolution, which is placed in the study group of terrestrial realities. In the 1970s, the revolution was the subject of analysis by the Belgian theologian, when he published two volumes, Theology of Revolution and Theology of Revolutionary Practice. Having as a principle the studies he developed since then, we sought to understand the characteristics of the topic in accordance with José Comblin's thinking, comparing it to other studies on the aforementioned topic. The conclusion we reach is that, contrary to what you might imagine, the theologian traced the moments in which the revolution is justified and discusses a central issue when dealing with the topic, namely, the relationship between revolution and violence, or better, the defense of the disassociation between the two.