Decolonial Christianities

Latinx and Latin American Perspectives
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-24165-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 301 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 523 g

Reihe: New Approaches to Religion and Power

What does it mean to theorize Christianity in light of the decolonial turn? This volumeinvites distinguished Latinx and Latin American scholars to a conversation that engages the rich theoretical contributions of the decolonial turn, while relocating Indigenous, Afro-Latin American, Latinx, and other often marginalized practices and hermeneutical perspectives to the center-stage of religious discourse in the Americas. Keeping in mind that all religions—Christianity included—are cultured, and avoiding the abstract references to Christianity common to the modern Eurocentric hegemonic project, the contributors favor embodied religious practices that emerge in concrete contexts and communities. Featuring essays from scholars such as Sylvia Marcos, Enrique Dussel, and Luis Rivera-Pagán, this volume represents a major step to bring Christian theology into the conversation with decolonial theory.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sirvent, Roberto

Barreto, Raimundo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Lateinamerikanische Literaturen, Spanische Literatur außerhalb Europas
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Roberto Sirvent and Raimundo Barreto, Introduction.- 1. Enrique Dussel, Epistemological Decolonization of Theology.- 2. Luis N. Rivera-Pagán, Towards a Decolonial Theology: Perspectives from the Caribbean.- 3. Sylvia Marcos, Mesoamerican Women’s Indigenous Spirituality: Decolonizing Religious Belief.- 4. Jennifer Scheper Hughes, Mapping the Autochthonous Indigenous Church: Toward a Decolonial History of Christianity in las Américas.- 5. Verónica A. Gutiérrez, Indigenous Christianities: Faith, Resilience, and Resistance among the Nahuas in Sixteenth-Century Mexico.- 6. Michel Andraos, “Iglesia Autóctona: An Indigenous Response to Colonial Christianity.- 7. Yountae An, “Decolonizing the Cosmo-Polis: Cosmopolitanism as a Re-humanizing Project.- 8. Néstor Medina, Indigenous Decolonial Movements in Abya Yala and Aztlán, Turtle Island: A Comparison.- 9. Matilde Moros, Inversion and Diasporas: Decolonizing Racialized Sexuality Transnationally.- 10. Ángel F. Méndez Montoya, “¡Sin maricones nohay revoluciones! (Without queering, there’s no revolutioneering!): Mexico’s Queer Subversions of Public Space and the Decolonization of Marriage Heteronormativity.- 11. Nicolás Panotto, A Critique of the Coloniality of theological Knowledge: Rereading Latin American  Liberation Theology as Thinking Otherwise.- 12. Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo, Cuando el pobre crea en el pobre: Decolonial Epistemology in the Ecclesial Base Communities of El Salvador.- 13. Ann Hidalgo, Reimagining the Church as a Decolonial Ally: Pedro Casaldáliga’s Liturgies of Repentance.- Cláudio Carvalhaes,  A Decolonial Prayer, in lieu of a conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Raimundo Barreto is Assistant Professor of World Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Roberto Sirvent is Professor of Political and Social Ethics at Hope International University in Fullerton, California.