Description
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean for an historically colonial church to become the "church of the poor" in a world marked by pervasive and persistent coloniality? Re-membering the Reign of God addresses this question through historical and theological reflection on the evolution of El Salvador's ecclesial base communities as decolonial protagonists of the church of the poor in their own particular context of coloniality and prophetic hope. In the first part of the book, the authors present sacred narratives of 'Salvadoran Salvation History,' including histories, songs, and testimonies of ecclesial base communities themselves. In the second part of the book, the authors reflect theologically on these narratives, arguing that these communities embody a decolonial sacrament of the reign of God in and through their ecclesial, social, and cultural reclamation of knowledge, being, and power in the church and the world. These communities therefore represent a particularly rich locus for decolonizing theology and challenging the church in the Global North to join the church of the poor in its prophetic praxis of decolonial solidarity.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Otro mundo es posible: Is An-Other Church Possible?
Part I: Un largo caminar: Salvadoran Salvation History
Part II: El reino de Dios es de lxs pobres: Decolonial Theological Reflection in/on the Ecclesial Base Communities of El Salvador
Chapter One: Sacramento histórico del reino de Dios: Decoloniality and the Eschatological Horizons of El Salvador's Church of lxs Pobres
Chapter Two: Tomamos la palabra: Decolonial Knowledge in the Salvadoran Church of lxs Pobres
Chapter Three: Celebramos la vida: Decolonial Being in the Salvadoran Church of lxs Pobres
Chapter Four: Luchamos por la justicia: Decolonial Power in the Salvadoran Church of lxs Pobres
Chapter Five: Si el grano de trigo no muere: The Challenge of Decolonial Solidarity
