Wading Through Many Voices Toward a Theology of Public Conversation

by Recinos, Harold; Anderson, Victor; Bedford, Nancy; Davila, Maria Teresa; Espinosa, Gaston; Fernandez, Eleazar S.; Gonzalez, Michelle A.; Leon, Luis; Medina, Lara; Park, Andrew Sung; Recinos, Harold J.; Riggs, Marcia Y.; Sanchez, David; Taylor, Mark Lewis;

• ISBN13: 9781442205833
• ISBN10: 1442205830
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Wading through Many Voices brings together the voices of Latino/a, African American, Asian American, Native American, and Euro-American scholars to produce a dialogue of public theology: how faith-communities, divided by race, class, ethnicity, and gender, can find a common ground for life together. The authors articulate a multiethnic perspective on public theology that counters the divisive identity politics of U.S. public life with systematic thinking that strengthens the commitment to critically transform social relations in light of a shared vision of public good. The contributors develop a shared public theology that addresses social divisions while offering readers a broad vision to collaborate and struggle for an improved understanding of the common good for our pluralistic society. In light of emerging social issues, the contributors suggest that a fundamental respect for difference is a required first value for living together in a common social and political space.