Futuring Our Past : Explorations in the Theology of Tradition

by Espin, Orlando O.

• ISBN13: 9781570756474
• ISBN10: 1570756473
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-30
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

The first volume in a new Orbis series: the essays in this volume, by scholars from a wide range of disciplines, center on two questions: How is the Christian tradition "traditioned" among Latino/as? And what impact does this "traditioning" have on the Tradition?

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Contributors	xi
1 Traditioning	1	(22)
Culture, Daily Life and Popular Religion, and Their Impact on Christian Tradition
Orlando O. Espin
2 Authority and/or Tradition	23	(20)
Bernard Cooke
3 The Iberian Heritage of US Latino/a Theology	43	(40)
Gary Macy
4 Reading between the Lines	83	(30)
Toward a Latino/a (Re)configuration of Scripture and Tradition
Jean-Pierre Ruiz
5 Reinventing the Biblical Tradition	113	(28)
An Exploration of Social Location Hermeneutics
Francisco Lozada, Jr.
6 Tradition as Conversation	141	(16)
Gary Riebe-Estrella
7 A Trinitarian Approach to the Community-Building Process of Tradition	157	(23)
Oneness as Diversity in Christian Traditioning
Miguel H. Diaz
8 What about Mulatez?	180	(24)
An Afro-Cuban Contribution
Michelle A. González
9 Traditioning	204	(23)
The Formation of Community, the Transmission of Faith
Nancy Pineda-Madrid
10 The Politics of Tradition in the Protestant Educational	227	(22)
Endeavor for Colonial Puerto Rico
José R. Irizarry
11 El gran avivamiento del '33	249	(28)
The Protestant Missionary Enterprise, Revival, Identity, and Tradition
Daisy L. Machado
12 La Quinceañera	277	(22)
Traditioning and the Social Construction of the Mexican American Female
Theresa L. Torres, OSB
Index	299