A Reader in Latina Feminist Theology

by Aquino, Maria Pilar; Machado, Daisy L.; Rodriquez, Jeannette; Rodriguez, Jeanette

• ISBN13: 9780292705098
• ISBN10: 0292705093
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr

Summary

"To my knowledge, this anthology is the first attempt to give a comprehensive account of the emerging field of Latina feminist theology, and the various contributions illustrate how variegated this field promises to be."--Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Krister Stendahl Professor of Scripture and Interpretation, Harvard Divinity SchoolSpeaking for the growing community of Latina feminist theologians, the editors of this volume write, "With the emergence and growth of the feminist theologies of liberation, we no longer wait for others to define or validate our experience of life and faith. . . . We want to express in our own words our plural ways of experiencing God and our plural ways of living our faith. And these ways have a liberative tone."With twelve original essays by emerging and established Latina feminist theologians, this first-of-its-kind volume adds the perspectives, realities, struggles, and spiritualities of U.S. Latinas to the larger feminist theological discourse. The editors have gathered writings from both Roman Catholics and Protestants and from various Latino/a communities. The writers address a wide array of theological concerns: popular religion, denominational presence and attraction, methodology, lived experience, analysis of nationhood, and interpretations of life lived on a border that is not only geographic but also racial, gendered, linguistic, and religious.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Sources, Thought, and Praxis of Latina Feminist Insight

Seeing Beauty within Torment: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the Baroque in New Spain

Prophesy Freedom: Puerto Rican Women's Literature as a Source for Latina Feminist Theology

Castillo as Santera: Reconstructing Popular Religious Praxis

Reading from Ourselves: Identity and Hermeneutics among Mexican-American Feminists

Perception Matters: Pentecostal Latinas in Allentown, Pennsylvania

Latina Activists: Toward an Inclusive Spirituality of Being in the World

U.S. Latina Feminist Theological Insight

Aquino Latina Feminist Theology: Central Features

The Unnamed Woman: Justice, Feminists, and the Undocumented Woman

Justice Crosses the Border: The Preferential Option for the Poor in the United States

Ignored Virgin or Unaware Women: A Mexican-American Protestant Reflection on the Virgin of Guadalupe

Pathways to a Mestiza Feminist Theology

Notes Toward a ChicanaFeminist Epistemology (and Why It Is Important for Latina Feminist Theologies)

Selected Bibliography

Contributors

Index

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