ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with theological assumptions of the theology of national liberation in Croatia during the final decade of communism and after Croatia gained independence. Due to political dimension of its development, this theology could be described as a full-blooded political theology, quite different from its Western Europe counterpart, which has been developing from the 1970s. We shall begin with historical and theological context in which Croatian theology developed before the state independence, along with the assumptions it rested on. Among them, the most prominent one is the distinctive rendering of the doctrine of incarnation. We shall also look at the consequences this doctrine had on the formation of national identity. Finally, we shall outline a different approach to fundamental Christian doctrines – the Incarnation, the Cross, and the Resurrection – with the aim of establishing a political theology which does not legitimise national interests.
