Without presuming much data or theory, Dumas provides a critique of liberation theology. Operating within an evangelical Christianity, Dumas begins with the question How can one make use of the Bible in a contemporary political and social context without either manipulating it or leaving it out of account?"

Of course, that question enables him to miss the message. People are, and often have been, facing fascism. We face oppressors, deceivers, bullies. Is there a single passage, a single analogy or model in Scripture which justifies the spectacle of a single Christian bully? They exist in abundance. NONE are justified in the Scripture of any religion.