Cultural Memory

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Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292774591
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Book Synopsis Cultural Memory by : Jeanette Rodríguez

Download or read book Cultural Memory written by Jeanette Rodríguez and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-01-27 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sangre llama a sangre. (Blood cries out to blood.)—Latin American aphorism The common "blood" of a people—that imperceptible flow that binds neighbor to neighbor and generation to generation—derives much of its strength from cultural memory. Cultural memories are those transformative historical experiences that define a culture, even as time passes and it adapts to new influences. For oppressed peoples, cultural memory engenders the spirit of resistance; not surprisingly, some of its most powerful incarnations are rooted in religion. In this interdisciplinary examination, Jeanette Rodriguez and Ted Fortier explore how four such forms of cultural memory have preserved the spirit of a particular people. Cultural Memory is not a comparative work, but it is a multicultural one, with four distinct case studies: the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the devotion it inspires among Mexican Americans; the role of secrecy and ceremony among the Yaqui Indians of Arizona; the evolving narrative of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador as transmitted through the church of the poor and the martyrs; and the syncretism of Catholic Tzeltal Mayans of Chiapas, Mexico. In each case, the authors' religious credentials eased the resistance encountered by social scientists and other researchers. The result is a landmark work in cultural studies, a conversation between a liberation theologian and a cultural anthropologist on the religious nature of cultural memory and the power it brings to those who wield it.

Caminemos con Jesuœs

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Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608331938
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Caminemos con Jesuœs by : Roberto S. Goizueta

Download or read book Caminemos con Jesuœs written by Roberto S. Goizueta and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the growth in both numbers and influence of Hispanics in North American Catholicism and Protestantism has been commented on widely, up until now there has been no systematic attempt to define a Hispanic theology. Roberto Goizueta, a Cuban-American theologian, aware that "Hispanic" and "Latino" can be terms imposed artificially on diverse peoples, finds a common link in the Spanish language and in a shared culture. Central to this culture is the experience of exile, of being a people at the margins of a society, who must find and make their way together. Central also is faith, and its grounding in this experience of being in exile. In delineating the very particular nature and worldview of Hispanic/Latino theology, Caminemos con Jesus challenges both traditional Euro-American theologies and modern Western epistemological assumptions. It examines the implications of this theological method for the Church and the academy, as well as for the future of the Latino community and North American society. Caminemos con Jesus provides lessons in discipleship for non-Hispanics and Hispanics alike, for students of contemporary theology, and all those engaged in pastoral and church-based work.

Goddess of the Americas

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1573226300
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (732 download)

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Book Synopsis Goddess of the Americas by : Ana Castillo

Download or read book Goddess of the Americas written by Ana Castillo and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Goddess of the Americas is a brilliant essay collection and an impassioned, unorthodox celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe: mother goddess, patron saint of Mexico, protector of the downtrodden, who made her first appearance on American soil in 1531. Through a variety of forms -- original essays, historical writings, short fiction, drama, and poetry -- the illustrious contributors to this literary anthology examine the impact this potent deity, the Lady of Guadalupe, has had on the people and culture of Mexico, and her influence beyond that country, in Latin America, North America, and Europe. An unprecedented contribution to the literature of the Americas, Goddess of the Americas is an invigorating investigation, an idiosyncratic adoration, and a profound recognition of our need for the sacred, unwavering love of the mother goddess. Francisco Alarcon * Luis Alfaro * Gloria Anzaldua * Ronnie Burk * Rosario Castellanos * Ana Castillo * Denise Chavez * Sandra Cisneros * Felipe Ehrenberg * Clarissa Pinkola Estes * Rosario Ferre * Francisco Goldman * Guillermo Gomez-Pena * F. Gonzalez-Crussi * Nancy Mairs * Ruben Martinez * Pat Mora * Cherrie Moraga * Octavio Paz * Elena Poniatowska * Margaret Randall * Jeanette Rodriguez * Luis Rodriguez * Richard Rodriguez * Miriam Sagan * Luisah Teish * Liliana Valenzuela

From the Heart of Our People

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Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1570751315
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis From the Heart of Our People by : Orlando O. Esp’n

Download or read book From the Heart of Our People written by Orlando O. Esp’n and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The present volume is not about or just for U.S. Latinos/as. It is a collection of original essays that explore issues in Catholic systematic theology from the perspective of Latino/a faith and culture. Furthermore, this book is an example of doing theology from that perspective."--

Apocalypse

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606081594
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Book Synopsis Apocalypse by : Pablo Richard

Download or read book Apocalypse written by Pablo Richard and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Revelation has always been a mysterious and intriguing book, describing in symbolic terms the confrontation between the Disciples of Christ and the powers - political and supernatural - that hold sway over the current age. Fundamentalists have been attracted to the book and have sought to decipher its strange symbols as coded prophecy of future events. But as Pablo Richard shows in Apocalypse, the most powerful readings of the Book of Revelation are through the eyes of the oppressed, living out their Christian faith in the context of the modern empire. It is they who identify most strongly with Revelation's ultimate message of hope and life in the midst of death and persecution. Apocalypse first provides a general introduction to the reading of Revelation by examining three keys for its understanding: the historical, he sociological, and the literary-structural. The book then goes on to explore the whole of the Book of Revelation, following the book's own structure. Each section provides a line-by-line reading of the text, establishing the literal meaning before applying the interpretive keys already established.

Theologies of Guadalupe

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ISBN 13 : 0190902752
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Book Synopsis Theologies of Guadalupe by : Timothy Matovina

Download or read book Theologies of Guadalupe written by Timothy Matovina and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Theologies of Guadalupe examines theological writings about Mexico's most renowned religious tradition from the colonial era to the present. It also explores how the Guadalupe cult rose above all others in colonial Mexico and emerged from a local devotion to become a regional, national, and then international phenomenon"--

Guadalupe and Her Faithful

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Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801882296
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (822 download)

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Book Synopsis Guadalupe and Her Faithful by : Timothy Matovina

Download or read book Guadalupe and Her Faithful written by Timothy Matovina and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2005-11-07 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description.

Many Faces, One Church

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Publisher : Sheed & Ward
ISBN 13 : 1461675014
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Book Synopsis Many Faces, One Church by : Peter C. Phan

Download or read book Many Faces, One Church written by Peter C. Phan and published by Sheed & Ward. This book was released on 2004-11-20 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Faces, One Church: Cultural Diversity and the American Catholic Experience both captures and facilitates a seismic shift in the who, what, where, when, why, and how of Catholic theology today. Along with a diverse group of theologians who represent the many faces of the church, editors Peter C. Phan and Diana Hayes recast the story of the church in America by including immigrant groups either forgotten or ignored and, in light of these new and not-so-new voices, retooling the theological framework of Catholicism itself. That the American Catholic Church is an "immigrant church" is not news. What is news, however, is how diverse the immigrant church really is and how much work there is to be done to include their voices in theological discourse and training. Beyond the German and Irish immigrants, what of other European immigrant groups such as the Italians, Poles, Lithuanians, Czechs, Slovaks, and Eastern-rite Catholics? Where are the stories of the older presence of native Mexican, Native American, and African-American Catholics in this country? And more recently, of Asian-American Catholics, especially the Chinese, the Japanese, and the Filipinos, of the nineteenth and early twentieth century? And more recently still, Catholic immigrants have come from El Salvador, Guatemala, Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea, India, and the Pacific Islands. What impact are these immigrants having on American society and religious groups? Many Faces, One Church is a profound attempt to address these key questions and their implications for the Catholic way of being church, worshipping, and practicing theology. The result of three years of conferences sponsored by Elms College exploring the "new faces" of the American Catholic Church, this thoughtful collection highlights opportunities and challenges lying ahead as the American Church tries to respond to the continuing presence of new immigrants in its midst. Many Faces, One Church is a beginning of a long but exciting journey in which the strangers welc

Holy Presence, Holy Preaching

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 172525462X
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis Holy Presence, Holy Preaching by : Maria Teresa Montes Lara OP

Download or read book Holy Presence, Holy Preaching written by Maria Teresa Montes Lara OP and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost 500 years ago, a Mexica survivor of the conquista was on his way to catechism lessons just outside present-day Mexico City. He experienced a holy presence on the hill of Tepeyac that changed the hermeneutic of the dignity of the poor forever. This book is about Our Lady of Guadalupe under her popular title "Santa Maria Tonantzin Guadalupe." It centers on her indigenous and feminine identity as the "Preaching Woman." She and the people she animates, the Hispanic-Latino community, are "icons" of the presence of the Holy Trinity. As Sacrament of the Holy Spirit and bearer of the Sacramental Word, she enables the pueblo, the people of God, to exercise their baptismal ministry as holy preachers.

Christology as Narrative Quest

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Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814658543
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (585 download)

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Book Synopsis Christology as Narrative Quest by : Michael LaVelle Cook

Download or read book Christology as Narrative Quest written by Michael LaVelle Cook and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How central is narrative to human experience? to Christology? What is the significance of Mark's turn to narrative in the development of the Christian Scriptures and of the return to narrative in liberation theology as exemplified in the Mexican American experience? How does the move toward more conceptual language in the Creed and in Aquinas' Summa theologiae relate to the foundational priority of narrative? In exploring such questions this book maintains the primacy and centrality of narrative in communicating the significance of Jesus. Mark and Guadalupe, both communicating through the power of narrative, frame the Creed, which is a symbolic evocation of John's narrative, and the Summa, which even in its systematization assumes the foundational narratives. Thus, the Fathers of the Church and Thomas Aquinas, no less than the Gospel authors and Juan Diego's heirs, are seen to be on a "narrative-quest."

Our Lady of Guadalupe

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Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780292770621
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (76 download)

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Book Synopsis Our Lady of Guadalupe by : Jeanette Rodriguez

Download or read book Our Lady of Guadalupe written by Jeanette Rodriguez and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Lady of Guadalupe is the most important religious symbol of Mexico and one of the most powerful female icons of Mexican culture. In this study, based on research done among second-generation Mexican-American women, Rodriguez examines the role the symbol of Guadalupe has played in the development of these women. She goes beyond the thematic and religious implications of the symbol to delve into its relevance to their daily lives. Rodriguez's study offers an important reinterpretation of one of the New World's most potent symbols. Her conclusions dispute the common perception that Guadalupe is a model of servility and suffering. Rather, she reinterprets the symbol of Guadalupe as a liberating and empowering catalyst for Mexican-American women.

New Frontiers in Guadalupan Studies

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1625642083
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (256 download)

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Book Synopsis New Frontiers in Guadalupan Studies by : Virgilio Elizondo

Download or read book New Frontiers in Guadalupan Studies written by Virgilio Elizondo and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical writings on Our Lady of Guadalupe, the most revered sacred figure indigenous to the western hemisphere, have tended to focus on the sixteenth-century origins of her cult. But recent publications have increasingly extended Guadalupan studies beyond the origin debates to analyses of the subsequent evolution and immense influence of the Guadalupe tradition. New Frontiers in Guadalupan Studies significantly enhances this growing body of literature with insightful essays on topics that span the early stages of Guadalupan devotion to the milestone of Pope Benedict XIV establishing an official liturgical feast for Guadalupe in 1754. The volume also breaks new ground in theological analyses of Guadalupe, which comprise an ongoing effort to articulate a Christian response to one of the most momentous events of Christianity's second millennium: the conquest, evangelization, and struggles for life, dignity, and self-determination of the peoples of the Americas.

Hispanic/Latino Theology

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Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451407860
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis Hispanic/Latino Theology by : Ada María Isasi-Díaz

Download or read book Hispanic/Latino Theology written by Ada María Isasi-Díaz and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. Hispanic/Latino voices have emerged in the last ten years to become one of the strongest and most creative theological movements in the Americas. Fully ecumenical and organized in systematic, collaborative framework, this major volume features Hispanic theology's sources (the Bible, church history, cultural memory, literature, oral tradition, pentecostalism), loci (urban barrios, Puerto Rico, exile, liberation, social sciences, Latina feminists), and rich and vigorous expressions (mujerista theology, popular religion, theopoetics). Hispanic/Latino Theology not only celebrates the full flowering of U.S. Latino work, it also splendidly reveals the exciting possibilities and future shape of contextual theologies in close touch with the daily realities of struggling people.

From Patmos to the Barrio

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Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451405898
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Book Synopsis From Patmos to the Barrio by : David A. Sánchez

Download or read book From Patmos to the Barrio written by David A. Sánchez and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sanchez's subject is the power of imperial myths - and the subversive power unleashed when resistance movements take over those myths for their own purposes. Moving from John of Patmos's inversion of Roman imperial mythology in Revelation 12 to the indigenous appropriation of Spanish symbolism and mythology, drawn from Revelation 12, in 17th-century Mexico, Sanchez then explores the continuing power of the Virgin of Guadalupe (La Guadalupea) to inspire movements for a better society in our own day. From Patmos to the Barrio reveals new insights into the biblical Apocalypse of John, and the enduring power of its legacy down to the present day, as well as translations of two important 17th-century documents concerning La Guadalupea: Luis Laso de la Vego's Huei tlamahuiaoltica and Miguel Sanchez's Imagen de la Virgen Maria. Also included are images of La Guadalupea in the murals of East Los Angeles.

Understanding World Christianity

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Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506457800
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Book Synopsis Understanding World Christianity by : Todd Hartch

Download or read book Understanding World Christianity written by Todd Hartch and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity is a global religion! It's an obvious fact, but one often missed or ignored in too many books and conversations. In a world where Christianity is growing everywhere but the West, the Understanding World Christianity series offers a fresh, readable orientation to Christianity around the world. Understanding World Christianity is organized geographically, by nation and region. Noted experts, in most cases native to the area of focus, present a balanced history of Christianity and a detailed discussion of the faith as it is lived today. Each volume addresses six key 'intersections' of Christianity in a given context including the historical, denominational, socio-political, geographical, biographical and theological settings. Accessible in tone and brief in length, Understanding World Christianity: Mexico is an ideal introduction for students, mission leaders, and all who wish to know how Christianity is influenced, and is influenced by, the Mexican context.

The Aesthetics of Solidarity

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Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1647120926
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (471 download)

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Book Synopsis The Aesthetics of Solidarity by : Nichole M. Flores

Download or read book The Aesthetics of Solidarity written by Nichole M. Flores and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on Latine theological aesthetics and Catholic social thought, Nichole M. Flores builds a framework for interpreting religious symbols in our contemporary democratic life and shows how we can create a community where members stand in solidarity with those from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds.

Guadalupe, Mother of the New Creation

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Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608330443
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Guadalupe, Mother of the New Creation by : Virgilio P. Elizondo

Download or read book Guadalupe, Mother of the New Creation written by Virgilio P. Elizondo and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A profound, poetic, and inspiring reflection on the meaning of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the apparition to the Indian Juan Diego in Mexico City in 1531.