GLOBAL ECONOMICS AND US PUBLIC POLICY: HUMAN LIBERATION FOR THE GLOBAL POOR.

This article explores how Black liberation theologies can respond to chronic poverty experienced by communities of color around the world. This article argues that while Black liberation theologies have performed the theological task by rereading the Gospels from the margins of society, these theologies would do well to couple the theological task with a political task in offering practical guidance toward a preferable future for poor communities of color. This offering of practical guidance is associated with exploring the dialectical interplay between structural transformation and the enlargement of human capabilities towards liberation and thriving for the global poor. This paper suggests that in order to address poverty at its symbolic and material levels, one should examine how structural transformation and the enlargement of human capabilities and freedoms interact in fostering flourishing and fulfillment for the "least of these." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]