Building Bridges, Doing Justice : Constructing a Latino/a Ecumenical Theology

by Espin, Orlando O.

• ISBN13: 9781570758256
• ISBN10: 1570758255
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-31
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

These essays by leading Latino/a theologians, both Protestant and Catholic, mark an exciting new stage in the development of Latino/a theological identity, while also making an important contribution to the wider cause of ecumenical dialogue. As Orlando Espn observes, "No ecumenical relation or dialogue today in the United States can be truly reflective of our respective churches unless Latinos/as (and their faith and their lives) are acknowledged as indispensable and equal conversation partners." Among the themes discussed: God, the Holy Spirit, Mary, the Bible and tradition, grace and justification, and ecclesiology. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Orlando O. Espn is Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of San Diego. He is the author of Faith of the People and Grace and Humanness and the co-editor of Futuring Our Past and From the Heart of Our People.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xi
Introduction: Constructing a Conversation Culture, Ecumenical Dialogue, and a Renewed Pneumatology	p. 1
Power Relations and social Issues Do/Should These Shape and Critique Latina/o (Christian) Understandings of God?
From Pájaro to Paraclete Retrieving the Spirit of God in the Company of Mary	p. 13
God and Difference	p. 29
Relating Bible and Tradition Can Latinas/os Do It Differently?
The World Became Flesh and the Flesh Becomes Word Notes toward a U.S. Latino/a Theology of Revelation	p. 47
Sola Scriptura and Latino/a Protestant Hermeneutics An Exploration	p. 69
Grace and Justification Soteriology and Theological Anthropology Shaped a la latina
Outside the Survival of Community there Is No Salvation A U.S. Hispanic Catholic Contribution to Soteriology	p. 91
Shaping Soteriology a la latina Christian Theology and Writer Piri Thomas	p. 112
Eccesiology a Lo Mestizo/a Y Mulato/a What Happens to "Church" When We Move Latinamente beyond Inherited Ecclesiologies?
Corpus Verum toward a Borderland Ecclesiology	p. 143
What Happens to Church When We Move Latinamente beyond Inherited Ecclesiologies?	p. 167
Toward the Next Step
Convivencias: What Have We Learned? Toward a Latino/a Ecumenical Theology	p. 185
Index	p. 197
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