To be committed to the oppressed, to liberation, or just to “community” became for many the whole of what is essential to Christian commitment. The gospel, or “good news,” on this view, was that God himself stood behind liberation, equality, and community; that Jesus died to promote them, or at least for lack of them; and that he “lives on” in all efforts and tendencies favoring them. For the theological left, simply this became the message of Christ.
