NATIONAL INTEGRATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LIBERATION THEOLOGY
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LIBERATION THEOLOGYAbstract
Anyone having a sense of belongingness to a nation has to hold fast to the ideal of national integration. For, there will be no progress in any realm of the nation without the unity of its citizens and of all its constitutive elements and structures. Disintegration means disunity, and disunity means moving towards degeneration, decomposition, and destruction. This article deals with a few aspects of Indian national integration in the light of the fundamental principles of liberation theology, which is synonymous with the theology of liberation.
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