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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... social historians have seldom analyzed the problematic of race from a primarily theological perspective. Within academic discourse there exists a consensus opinion that the Industrial Revolution and the growth of capitalism are directly ...
... social location involving a process of participation and distanciation.8 Given that no neutral standpoint exists from which to extricate oneself from one's own tradition, it becomes necessary to view tradition in general as a highly ...
... social issues informed by the rich resources of his or her own distinct tradition. In Remembering Esperanza, Mark Taylor develops critical guidelines for doing theology in the contemporary North American context by recognizing a ...
... social problems or in the aftermath of the religiously motivated terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. However, a quick survey of post-9/11 academic literature on the subject gives the mistaken impression that religious fundamentalism ...
... social relationships and historical commitments that attempt to make sense of the cruel history of mestizaje. At the same time, Latino/a theologians seek to protect individual selfdetermination over against the potential encroachment of ...
Contents
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The Theological Response | 151 |
Toward a Mestizo Church | 236 |
Notes | 251 |
Index | 291 |
About the Author | 297 |