Cynicism, the profound distrust in human possibilities, the banal acquisance in evil that results from presuming 'there is nothing we can do about it [the economic system, the war system, the interlocked systems of oppressions] has resulted in theologies of passivity and "coping." The churches have become like private gymnasiums that coach the people who come hungry for a spirituality of empowerment with impotent spiritualities of private peace and serenity.

How to rescue theology from cynicism and irrelevance? How to rescue the churches from accomodation to a system that is destroying our creation and dooming the generations to a tyranny of limits created by the domination system.

We must renew our theological work, we need a liberation theology of public engagement.

Not the Pope that Rush expected.

Rush Limbaugh complains about Pope Francis critical statements about market economies.

“Somebody has either written this for him or gotten to him,” Limbaugh said. “This is just pure Marxism coming out of the mouth of the pope."

Limbaugh is saying that Francis is needs a writer, or he was influenced by "somebody" Kind of arrogant? Kind of?

And "it is pure Marxism? " or maybe Jesus. Wells some radical "somebody" got to the Pope and maybe even writes his stuff.

For Rush as ideologue, the Pope's job was to dress up in gold liturgicals, say vague platitudes and bless crowds. This is getting too close to the social gospel for Limbaugh.