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Going against the false perception that all Latinx views on the Bible are homogeneous, the contributors in this book use different hermeneutic perspectives to interpret the New Testament. Each chapter examines one of the twenty-seven documents thematically instead of following the traditional verse-by-verse commentary format.
List of contents
1. Matthew: Negotiating Tradition and Identity in Matthean and Latinx Contexts
Gilberto A. Ruiz
2. Mark: A Disabled Gospel for a Disabled Community
Osvaldo D. Vena
3. Luke: The Stories We Live By
Leticia A. Guardiola-Sáenz
4. John: The Politics of Recognition
Francisco Lozada Jr.
5. Acts of the Apostles: An Ideological Hispanic Contextual Reading
Rubén Muñoz-Larrondo
6. Romans: Structural Sin and the Justice of God
Elsa Támez
7. 1 Corinthians: A Latinx Reading on Conflict, Leadership, and Liberation
Efraín Agosto
8. 2 Corinthians: An Egalitarian Ideology for the Latinx Church
Aída Besançon Spencer
9. Galatians: Good News for a People under Duress
Nancy Elizabeth Bedford
10. Ephesians: God's New Humanity, Artisan of Justice and Shalom
Mariano Avila
11. Philippians: Empire and Price, Migrants and Discrimination - A Reading "From Below"
Néstor Oscar Míguez
12. Colossians: Paul's Teaching and Its Implications for the Latinx Church
Awilda González
13. 1 Thessalonians: Latinx Imaginations about Everyday Hope
Eric D. Barreto
14. 2 Thessalonians: Latinx y el Fin de los Tiempos
Ediberto López-Rodríguez
15. 1 Timothy and Titus: Reading the Pastoral Epistles from el Otro Lado/the Other Side
Manuel Villalobos Mendoza
16. 2 Timothy: Forged in the Past for the Work to Come
Corinna Y. Guerrero
17. Philemon: A "Useful" Letter Para el Pueblo de Dios
Rudolph D. González
18. Hebrews: Grounding Interpretation in the Latinx Community
Renata Furst
19. James: Brief Personal Notes on the Epistle
Alejandro F. Botta
20. 1 Peter: The Good, the Bad, and the Empire
Leticia A. Guardiola-Sáenz
21. 2 Peter: Testament, A Latinx Collective Memory Reading
Alvin Padilla
22. 1 John: Schism and Schismatics in a Latin American Context
Osvaldo D. Vena
23. 2 and 3 John: A Latinx Diaspora Reading of Hospitality
Roberto Mata
24. Jude: "Othering" in the Politics of Faith
Luis R. Rivera
25. Revelation: Determination Beyond Hope
Jacqueline M. Hidalgo
About the author
Edited by Osvaldo D. Vena and Leticia A. Guardiola-Sáenz - Foreword by Fernando F. Segovia - Contributions by Efraín Agosto; Mariano Avila; Alejandro F. Botta; Renata Furst; Awilda González; Leticia A. Guardiola-Sáenz; Aída Besançon Spencer; Corinna Y. Gu
Summary
Going against the false perception that all Latinx views on the Bible are homogeneous, the contributors in this book use different hermeneutic perspectives to examine and interpret each of the 27 books that make up the New Testament.
