The option for the poor, or the preferential option for the poor, is a principle of Catholic social teaching, explicitly articulated in the latter half of the 20th century.[1] The concept was first articulated within Latin American liberation theology, and was championed by many Latin American Christian democratic parties at the time.[2] It is also a theological emphasis in Methodism.
^Winn, Christian T. Collins (2007). From the Margins: A Celebration of the Theological Work of Donald W. Dayton. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 131. ISBN9781630878320.
^Mainwaring, Scott (2003). Christian Democracy in Latin America: Electoral Competition and Regime Conflicts. Stanford University Press. p. 181. ISBN9780804745987.