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Work #1251 · Mid

We Drink from Our Own Wells

Gustavo Gutiérrez
1983 (Spanish), 1984 (English) · Spanish
Liberation-spirituality treatise · Latin American liberation theology / Christian mysticism

Gutiérrez's 1983 spirituality of liberation — proper-spiritual-religious foundation of liberation-theological work

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Attribute We Drink from Our Own Wells (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Finite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

We Drink from Our Own Wells

The 1983 mid-Gutiérrez moment.

Space

We Drink from Our Own Wells

The Latin American Catholic setting.

Matter

We Drink from Our Own Wells

The embodied poor Latin American Catholic community.

Observer

We Drink from Our Own Wells

Gutiérrez as proper-liberation-spirituality theorist.

Energy

We Drink from Our Own Wells

The spiritual-religious-political energies.

Information

We Drink from Our Own Wells

The systematic spirituality-of-liberation content.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

We Drink from Our Own Wells

We Drink from Our Own Wells has been universally well-received within liberation-theological circles as proper-spiritual companion to A Theology of Liberation.