The Resentment of the Integrated
摘要
This chapter analyzes the theological production of a new generation of progressive evangelicals who are heirs to the memory of Liberation Theology but operate in a world where its historical subject has vanished. Characterized as “the resentment of the integrated,” this theology is presented as biographical and confessional, focused on the individual spiritual journey of its middle-class authors. Using the work of Pastor Victor Azevedo as a case study, the chapter argues that this new progressive gospel is a response to the “conflict of conscience” felt by those who are integrated into a system that destroys others. Its proposed solution is the formation of a “city within the city”—a community of like-minded, good-hearted individuals who lament the suffering of the excluded. The author critiques this as a theology for a resentful middle class, offering a gospel that, while claiming to be integral, is ultimately not intended for all of humanity.