Racism and God-Talk: A Latino/a Perspective2011 Winner of the Book Awards Contest in the Discipline of Theology Presented by Alpha Sigma Nu |
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... argues that the identification of blackness with servitude characteristic of American racism was part of the western European cultural matrix long before the discovery of the New World and the rise of the Atlantic slave trade.5 Medieval ...
... argue that the act of revelation always takes place in concrete historical situations by means of particular cultural symbols. Even though knowledge of God begins with God's self-revelation, all attempts to understand this divine act ...
... argue that the Christian church's response to racism must embrace liberating aspects of the “race consciousness” movement in its theological constructions. In my opinion, the work of Hispanic theologians in the United States—especially ...
... arguing that Latino/as risk further “ghettoizing” politically marginalized minority populations when they appropriate mestizaje as both a religious and a nationalist symbol. My analysis of Elizondo's theology exposes the primary risk in ...
... argue that some readings of the Guadalupan tradition are compatible with a Reformed Christocentric theology. The ... arguing that mestizaje is not just a source of cultural and ethnic identity but also provides a strong theological ...
Contents
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The Theological Response | 151 |
Toward a Mestizo Church | 236 |
Notes | 251 |
Index | 291 |
About the Author | 297 |