The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Latino/A Theology

by Espin, Orlando O.

• ISBN13: 9781118718667
• ISBN10: 1118718666
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-09-08
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Latino/a Theology

The one-volume Companion to Latino/a Theology presents a systematic survey of the past, present and future of Latino/a theology, introducing readers to this significant US theological movement.

Contributors to the Companion include many established scholars of the highest caliber, together with some new and exciting voices within the various theological disciplines. A mixture of Catholic, Protestant, and Evangelical scholars, they discuss the publications and contributions of theologians who reflect from, and participate in, the faith and realities of US Latino/a communities.

Providing unparalleled breadth and depth in the discussion of the key issues, each chapter begins with a summary of the theological publications and thought within Latino/a theology, and then proceeds to develop a constructive contribution on the topic.

This invaluable and unique Companion, edited by one of the foremost Latino theologians currently working and writing in the field, is fully ecumenical, comprehensive, and wholly representative of the wide range of ecclesial and theological traditions. It will become both an important resource for scholars and an unparalleled introduction to the entire discipline.

Author Biography

Orlando Espín is Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of San Diego. He is also director of USD's Center for the Study of Latino/a Catholicism, which he founded in 1994. Espin is author or editor of nine books including the award-winning Introductory Dictionary of Theology and Religious Studies (edited with James B. Nickoloff, 2007), Building Bridges, Doing Justice: Constructing a Latino/a Ecumenical Theology (2009) and Idol and Grace: On Traditioning and Subversive Hope (2014).

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors xi

Introduction 1
Orlando O. Espin

Part I Contexts 13

1 Lo Cotidiano as Locus Theologicus 15
Carmen M. Nanko-Fernandez

2 History and Latino/a Identity: Mapping a Past That Leads to Our Future 35
Daisy L. Machado

3 Sources and En Conjunto Methodologies of Latino/a Theologizing 53
Ruben Rosario-Rodriguez

4 The Ecumenical Narrative and the Latino/a Experience 71
Jose R. Irizarry

Part II Theologizing the Theological Tradition 89

5 Revelation 91
Efrain Agosto

6 The Bible and Latino/a Theology 111
Jean-Pierre Ruiz

7 The Latino/a Theology of God as the Future of Theodicy: A Proposal from the Dangerous Memory of the Latino/a Jesus 129
Sixto J. Garcia

8 Jesus the Christ 155
Neomi De Anda

9 Theological Musings toward a Latina/o Pneumatology 173
Nestor Medina

10 Catholic Ecclesiology 191
Gary Riebe-Estrella, SVD

11 Protestant Ecclesiology 199
Edwin David Aponte

12 Grace, Sin, and Salvation 215
Roberto S. Goizueta

13 Eschatology and Hope 231
Luis G. Pedraja

14 Latino/a Ethics 249
Maria Teresa Davila

15 Liturgies and Sacraments Latinamente 269
Eduardo Fernandez, SJ

Part III Theologizing Latino/a Realities 281

16 Mestizaje: The Latina/o Religious Imaginary in the North American Racial Crucible 283
Jorge A. Aquino

17 Theologizing Social and Economic Justice 313
Matilde Moros

18 Queer Theory and Latina/o Theologizing 329
Robyn Henderson-Espinoza

19 Feminist Theory and Latina Feminist/Mujerista Theologizing 347
Nancy Pineda-Madrid

20 Theologizing Immigration 365
Victor Carmona

21 Theologizing Popular Catholicism 387
Rebecca M. Berru-Davis

22 Theologizing Popular Protestantism 401
Edwin David Aponte

23 The Study of Spirituality 421
Gilberto Cavazos-Gonzalez, OFM

24 Latina/o Practical Theology: Reflections on Faith]Based Organizing as a Religious Practice 439
Altagracia Perez

25 Latino/a Religion and Politics 453
Elieser Valentin

26 Inter]Religious Dialogue: Why Should It Matter to Our Academic and Grassroots Communities? 475
Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi

Index 493