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This book explores the use of the Bible among Latino/a theologians today. Latino/a Theology emerged in the 1980s, alongside a broad variety of contextual theological movements and discourses following the Latino/a movement and the formation of Latino/a Studies in the 1960s and 1970s. While much work has been done on biblical interpretation in Latino/a biblical criticism, little can be found regarding interpretation in Latino/a theological reflection. To address this gap in the literature, the contributors, from various ecclesial affiliations and religious traditions, examine the status and role of the Bible in Latino/a Theology.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Latino/a Theology and Studies: A Note
About the Contributors
Part 1. Introduction
1.Approaching the Bible in Latino/a Theology: Doing Theological Construction and
Biblical Criticism in an Ethnic-Racial Key
Fernando F. Segovia
Part 2. Latino/a Theology: Approaching the Bible
2.Reading and Hearing Scripture in the Latina/o Pentecostal Community
Sammy Alfaro
3."She orders all things suavemente": A Lascasian Interpretation
Edgardo Colón-Emeric
4.Biblical Silence: Where is the Bible in Latino/a Theology?
Michelle A. González Maldonado
5.Is It Truly a "Good" Book? The Bible, Empowerment, and Liberation
Nora O. Lozano
6.Reading against the Grain: Scripture and Constructive Evangélica Theology
Loida I. Martell
7.Darkening the Image: Another Allegory of the Beauty of the Shulamite
Elaine Padilla
8.La Guadalupe, Bible, Pentecost
Nancy Pineda-Madrid
9.Liberation Hermeneutics in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Exegesis: A Latino/a Perspective
Rubén Rosario Rodríguez
10.Popular Ritual as Liberating Pedagogy
Christopher D. Tirres
Part 3. Conclusions
11.How Do Latino/a Theologians Employ Scripture?
Francisco Lozada, Jr.
12.Approaching the Bible in Latino/a Theology: Doing Cultural Analysis in an Ethnic-Racial Key
Fernando F. Segovia
About the author
Edited by Francisco Lozada Jr. and Fernando F. Segovia - Contributions by Sammy Alfaro; Edgardo Colón-Emeric; Michelle A. Gonzalez Maldonado; Francisco Lozada Jr.; Nora O. Lozano; Loida I. Martell; Elaine Padilla; Nancy Pineda-Madrid; Rubén Rosario Rodríg
Summary
This book examines the ways in which Latino/a theologians approach the Bible and its interpretation today. It brings together for this purpose a splendid array of voices, who reflect the diversity of ecclesial affiliation and religious traditions at work in the project of Latino/a Theology.
