A Theology of Liberation () is a 1971 book by the Peruvian Roman Catholic theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez. The book was foundational to the development of liberation theology, a term coined by Gutiérrez in his 1968 lecture "Hacia una teologÃÂa de la liberación" ('Towards a theology of liberation').
Originally published in Spanish, the work has been translated into nine languages . The first English translation was made by Caridad Inda and John Eagleson. The translation sold over 50,000 copies in the twenty months following its publication in 1973.