Liberation psychology draws its inspiration from the liberation theology developed by the worker-priest movement in different countries in Latin America during the 1950s and 1960s. This movement was given wider currency within psychology by which priest who was murdered by the Salvadoran army for his campaigning work in defence of the poor?

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Ignacio Martin-Baro was a Jesuit priest and psychologist who significantly contributed to the development of liberation psychology. He was murdered by the Salvadoran army in 1989 for his work and advocacy on behalf of the poor and marginalized in El Salvador.

Liberation Psychology Draws Its Inspiration from the Liberation Theology Developed