Mestizaje (Re)Mapping Race, Culture, and Faith in Latina/o Catholicism

Name: Mestizaje (Re)Mapping Race, Culture, and Faith in Latina/o Catholicism
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ISBN: 9781570758348

ISBN-10: 1570758344

ISBN-13: 9781570758348

Edition: 2009

Authors: Nestor Medina

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The concept of Mestizaje--a reference to the distinctive biological and cultural intermixture that occurred in the "New World"--had becme a foundational catagory in U.S. Latina/o theology. This book traces the subversive and innovative ways in which Catholic theologians have turned this concept into a powerful framework for articulating the experiences of faith of Latina/o communities.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Orbis Books
Publication date: 11/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Mestizaje as a Locus Tbeologicus: The Contributions of U.S. Latina/o Theologians to the Task of Doing Theology


Setting the Context


Theological Sketch: The Adoption of Mestizaje in Theology


Mestizaje as a Theological Category



U.S. Latino/a Theology and the Discourse(s) of Mestizaje


Mestizaje as a Locus of Theological Reflection: Virgilio Elizondo


Mestizaje as the Concrete Religious Experience of the People: Roberto Goizueta


Mestizaje as Source and Foundation of Latina Feminist Theology: Maria Pilar Aquino


Mestizaje as an Ethical-Moral Choice: Ada Marï¿½a Isasi-Dï¿½az and Mujerista Theology



Mestizaje among Mexican American Chicano/a Scholars


Setting the Context: Historical Background


Messianic Synthesis: Vasconcelos's Paradigm of Mestizaje as La raza cosmica


The Chicano/a Identity Construction and Vasconcelos


Gloria Anzaldï¿½a: La conciencia de la mestiza



The Shirting Shapes of Mestizaje: Navigating the Contested Spaces of Mestizaje Discourse(s)


The Continuing Debates on Mestizaje among U.S. Latina/o Theologians


The Myth of Mestizaje as Inclusion: Resistance from the Margins



The Future of U.S. Latina/o Theology: Implications


The Ambiguous Web of Mestizaje and the Reality of Heterogeneity


Rereading Our Lady of Guadalupe: Unmasking the Violence of Mestizaje


Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Mestizo Symbol of the Mexican Americans/Chicanos/as


The Diverse Ethnocultural and Religious Idenrities of the Latina/o People: Mestizaje and Intra-Latina/o Interreligious Interculmralism


Conclusion: Broadening the Horizons of U.S. Latina/o Theology


Notes


Index