Doing theology in this situation requires that theology not only follows a specific method but that it also has a specific character. Theology in this situation becomes responsible, Theologians do not arbitrarily decide to study this or that theme; the theme is forced upon them by reality. Theology becomes responsible, then, in that it responds to the real world. Theology becomes practical because its motivating concern is not pure thought nor even pure truth but rather the building of the kingdom of God and of a church that will be at the service of this kingdom. Theology becomes evangelical in the true sense of that word: it is done with pleasure in the Good News and with joy that there is salvation for the poor. Finally, theology becomes a response of gratitude because its starting point is the primordial Christian experience that “something has been given to us”. What has been given to us is the mystery of God present in Jesus and in a church that is poor and is of the poor.