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Title
A Puerto Rican decolonial theology : prophesy freedom / Teresa Delgado.
ISBN
9783319660684 (electronic book)
3319660683 (electronic book)
9783319660677
3319660675
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017].
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
BT83.593 .D45 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
230
Summary
This book explores the themes of identity, suffering, and hope in the stories of Puerto Rican people to surface the anthropology, soteriology, and eschatology of a Puerto Rican decolonial theology. Using an interdisciplinary methodology of dialogue between literature and theology, this study reveals the oppression, resistance, and theological vision of the Puerto Rican community. It demonstrates how Puerto Rican literature and Puerto Rican theology are prophetic voices calling out for the liberation of a suffering people, on the island and in the Puerto Rican Diaspora, while employing personal Puerto Rican family/community stories as an authoritative contextual reference point. This work stands within the continuum of contextual theology and diasporic studies of religion in the United States, as well as research in the interdisciplinary field of decolonial and post-colonial studies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
New approaches to religion and power.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783319660677
Introduction : the Vieques story and the critical task of a Puerto Rican decolonial theology
The story of Puerto Rican oppression and resistance
Bridging the Puerto Rican story and Christian doctrine
The works of Esmerelda Santiago : Puerto Rican identity and Christian anthropology
The works of Pedro Juan Soto : Puerto Rican suffering and Christian soteriology
The works of Rosario Ferré : Puerto Rican hope and Christian eschatology
Conclusion : the best of witnesses among the dry bones.
