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Duncan Forrester goes on to discuss the changing relationship of the public and private realms within Christian theology and to assess the competing arguments about the politicization of Christianity. \"Theology and Politics\" pays particular attention to liberation theology as the liveliest and most interesting style of current political theology. The use and abuse of the Bible in modern political theology is examined together with the development of the Christology emerging in Latin America. 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