Maduro believes religion has some independence from the ruling class and economic system which means it can act as a revolutionary force for change. He uses the example of Liberation Theology to describe an instance in Latin America (El Salvador and Nicaragua) whereby priests began to speak up for the poor as the right-wing military dictatorship shows no support for them. This saw the priests develop a new theology which interpreted the Christianity in a way which sided with poor and oppressed groups in the society. Which then later saw arguments increase that power and wealth should be distributed more evenly across society.