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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... oppressed communities. Given Paul's vision of God's kingdom defined by the breakdown of all distinctions and relationships of domination—no longer Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female—how do we make sense of ethnic particularity ...
... oppression on the basis of race, gender, and/or socioeconomic status and calls for all Christians to choose sides against ... oppressed” (Ps. 103:6, NRSV). Fully aware that explicitly theological reasoning can sometimes stifle —even end ...
... oppression, since a sense of tradition nurtures and sustains liberation struggles over time, and a healthy sense of pluralism prevents the divisiveness that so often destroys resistance movements. Taylor's program, with its concerted ...
... oppressed groups as a necessary descriptive category for political discourse in order to resist white cultural and political dominance. Fully aware of the temptation every community faces to make a false idol 16 Introduction.
... oppressed groups as a necessary descriptive category for political resistance. After a brief history of racist interpretations of biblical texts within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the chapter examines the so-called curse of Ham ...
Contents
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The Theological Response | 151 |
Toward a Mestizo Church | 236 |
Notes | 251 |
Index | 291 |
About the Author | 297 |