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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
Francisco Lozada Jr. is Charles Fischer Catholic Associate Professor of New Testament and Latina/o Studies at Brite Divinity School.
Fernando F. Segovia is Oberlin Graduate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Vanderbilt School of Divinity.
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.
